Lured South by tales of buried treasure Milkman embarks on an odyssey back home. As a boy
Milkman was raised beneath the shadow of a status-obsessed father. As a man he trails in the
fiery wake of a friend bent on racial revenge. Now comes Milkman's chance to uncover his own
path. Along the way he will lose more than he could have ever imagined. Yet in return he will
discover something far more valuable than gold: his past his true self his life-long dream of
flight. 'A complex wonderfully alive and imaginative story' Daily Telegraph'Song of
Solomon...profoundly changed my life' Marlon JamesINTRODUCED BY BOOKER PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR
MARLON JAMES**Winner of the PEN Saul Bellow award for achievement in American fiction**
