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Author: Ellison, Ralph
Title: Invisible Man
Publisher: Random House, New York
Pages: 439 pp.
Date: 1952
Format: Novel
Descriptor: Social problems
Annotation:A study in the black subcultures and in the psychology of a black man from a small Southern town who rejects white culture after a Harlem race riot. Scenes of the black drug culture are vivid.
Viewpoint towards drugs: negative.




Author: Isherwood, Christopher
Title: Down There on a Visit
Publisher: Simon and Schuster, New York
Pages: 318 pp.
Date: 1962
Format: Novel
Descriptor: Social problems
Annotation:This fictionalized autobiography, divided into four segments, follows the life of a young man and his encounters, which include a series of debaucheries, including drugs.
Viewpoint towards drugs: negative.






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