- Wright Thompson
The Barn
The Murder of Emmett Till and the Cradle of American Racism
English |
Paperback |
9781804952917 |
2025 |
448 Pages
Haunting . . . The Barn is part investigative journalism, part catharsis. Thompson travels back and forth through space and time, describing a brutal murder on one page, riffing about the blues on another. The story meanders like the myriad tributaries of the Mississippi. The writing is often breathtaking, brutality amplified through perfectly crafted prose.