Crossing Western Space, or the HooDoo Detective on the Boundary in Ishmael Reed's "Mumbo Jumbo"

Following the publication of "Mumbo Jumbo" in 1972, Ishmael Reed proclaimed it "the best mystery novel of the year. But while "Mumbo Jumbo" has all the makings, Reed's novel is no conventional piece of detective fiction.

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Published inAfrican American review Vol. 36; no. 4; pp. 611 - 628
Main Author Swope, Richard
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Saint Louis Saint Louis University 01.12.2002
Johns Hopkins University Press
Subjects
African American culture
African American literature
African Americans
American literature
Black literature
Capitalism
Detective fiction
Fiction
Jazz
Literary criticism
Metaphysics
Murderers
Mysteries
Novels
Reed, Ishmael (1938- )
Voodoo
Westerns
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Summary:Following the publication of "Mumbo Jumbo" in 1972, Ishmael Reed proclaimed it "the best mystery novel of the year. But while "Mumbo Jumbo" has all the makings, Reed's novel is no conventional piece of detective fiction.
ISSN:1062-4783
1945-6182
DOI:10.2307/1512421