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The Barn by Wright Thompson
Even though Wright Thompson grew up just a few miles from where 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in 1955, he was never taught about one of the Deep South's most notorious racist killings. In this extraordinary book, Thompson - one of Tom's favourite writers - returns to the scene of the crime to unearth the murky past, and present, of America's original sin.
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