Another Country

'A masterwork... an almost unbearable, tumultuous, blood-pounding experience' Washington Post

When Another Country appeared in 1962, it caused a literary sensation.

James Baldwin's masterly story of desire, hatred, and violence opens with the unforgettable character of Rufus Scott, a scavenging Harlem jazz musician adrift in New York.

• Self-destructive, bad, and brilliant, Rufus draws us into a Bohemian underworld pulsing with:
  • Heat
  • Music
  • Sex

In this world, desperate and dangerous characters betray, love, and test each other to the limit.

'In Another Country, Baldwin created the essential American drama of the century' — Colm Tóibín