Anti-Semitism, race relation, coming of age, and father and son: in Baltimore from fall, 1954, to fa...
Anti-Semitism, race relation, coming of age, and father and son: in Baltimore from fall, 1954, to fall, 1955. Racial integration comes to the high school, TV is killing burlesque, and rock and roll is pushing the Four Lads off the Hit Parade. Ben, a high school senior, and his older brother Van are exploring "the other": in Ben's case, it's friendship with Sylvia, a Black student; with Van, it's a party in the WASP part of town and falling for a debutante, Dubbie. Sylvia gives Ben tickets to a James Brown concert; Dubbie invites Van to a motel: new worlds open. Meanwhile, their dad Nate, who run a number game, loses big to a small-time pusher, Little Melvin; a partnerhip enues.
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