This work's minor characters include the loyal Billy Biasse whose gift of a gun helps another character get out of a tight jam with the gambler Zeddy.  Chapter 12, "The Treeing of the Chef," takes place on a train travelling from Pittsburgh, and documents the protagonist's f
This work's minor characters include the loyal Billy Biasse whose gift of a gun helps another character get out of a tight jam with the gambler Zeddy.  Chapter 12, "The Treeing of the Chef," takes place on a train travelling from Pittsburgh, and documents the protagonist's friendship with the Howard University educated Ray, who espouses race pride and admires Toussaint L'Ouverture.  Later sections of the novel are set in such clubs as the Baltimore and the Congo, where the protagonist meets the masochistic entertainer Rose.  Its final section depicts the main character reuniting with his love Felice and eventually leaving for Chicago.   Criticized as "filth" when it was published in 1928, as it opens, the protagonist, an army deserter, boards a freighter en route from Cardiff to the title location.  For 10 points, identify this work about Jake Brown's return to New York, a novel by Claude McKay.
This work's minor characters include the loyal Billy Biasse whose gift of a gun helps another character get out of a tight jam with the gambler Zeddy.  
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