"The Good Lord Bird" author McBride tells the story of musician James Brown and through Brown's life explores the American South, race in America, and poverty. "McBride has this wonderful, kind of electric way of writing," Nelson says of the author.
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4. 'Kill 'Em and Leave,' by James McBride
