Invisible Man, Part 3

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Invisible Man, Part 3

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Apr 21, 2021

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It's time to finally litigate it. Is Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison the great American novel? Or at least a great American novel? Should people read it in spite of the rough content? Does it have anything to say about race (or anything else) that's worth hearing? THE BOOKENING IS ON THE CASE!

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3 guys—a pastor, a scholar, and their gleeful provocateur—discuss the great books. We take God and literature seriously—but the second one not overly so.

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