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“CLR James is one of the twentieth century’s most remarkable individuals. As the author of the influential book The Black Jacobins, he is widely recognised as the premier author of slave revolt; the publication of his acute and sensitive volume Beyond a Boundary established an equal reputation as a historian of sport; and his tireless political and intellectual interventions have become the hallmark of a highly creative Marxist thinker, a brilliant dialectician and the last surviving pioneer of Pan-African liberation.

“James’s work has never previously been studied in its entirety. Now Paul Buhle, a long time editorial collaborator with James, has produced a rich and informed analysis of his accomplishments. Drawing upon extensive interviews with James, his critics and his erstwhile supporters, together with many previously unpublished documents, Buhle’s book offers an appreciative and enlightening portrait of the man and his times. The author also sheds new light on subjects ranging across Pan-Africanism, West Indian literature, British and American Marxism and the rise of Third world nationalism.”

Paul Buhle is a retired lecturer at Brown University and biographer of CLR James. He is author of C.L.R. James: The Artist as Revolutionary (1988). His latest work includes a collaboration with the cartoonist Milton Knight bringing James to life in comic strip form.

The book may be purchased here.