The narrator of this novel is nauseated by the "mellifluous sugarplum smell" of his visitor. Having been brought up from Cross Key by foot, the hyster
The narrator of this novel is nauseated by the "mellifluous sugarplum smell" of his visitor. Having been brought up from Cross Key by foot, the hysteria brought about by the protagonist's presence "hung over Jerusalem like thunder." In the section entitled "Old Times Past," the protagonist recalls stealing a book and then witnessing the rape of his mother by McBride. In another novel by the same author, Stingo is obsessed with the life of this book's main character. Based on a document made fully and voluntarily available to the lawyer Thomas Gray, this novel's section "Study War" describes how the title character murders Margaret Whitehead, after which his insurrection begins to fall apart. For 10 points, name this fictionalized first-person narrative of an 1831 slave revolt, a novel by William Styron.
The narrator of this novel is nauseated by the "mellifluous sugarplum smell" of his visitor.
The {Confessions} of {Nat Turner}