The Rib King: A Novel
- Author: Ladee Hubbard
- Narrator: Adenrele Ojo
- Publisher: HarperCollins USA
- Duration: 10:08:04
Synopsis
“Ladee Hubbard’s voice is a welcome original.” —Mary Gaitskill
Upstairs, Downstairs meets Parasite: The acclaimed author of The Talented Ribkins deconstructs painful African American stereotypes and offers a fresh and searing critique on race, class, privilege, ambition, exploitation, and the seeds of rage in America in this intricately woven and masterfully executed historical novel, set in early the twentieth century that centers around the black servants of a down-on-its heels upper-class white family.
For fifteen years August Sitwell has worked for the Barclays, a well-to-do white family who plucked him from an orphan asylum and gave him a job. The groundskeeper is part of the household’s all-black staff, along with “Miss Mamie,” the talented cook, pretty new maid Jennie Williams, and three young kitchen apprentices—the latest orphan boys Mr. Barclay has taken in to ""civilize"" boys like August.
But the Barclays fortunes have fallen, and their money is almost gone. When a prospective business associate proposes selling Miss Mamie’s delicious rib sauce to local markets under the brand name “The Rib King”—using a caricature of a wildly grinning August on the label—Mr. Barclay, desperate for cash, agrees. Yet neither Miss Mamie nor August will see a dime. Humiliated, August grows increasingly distraught, his anger building to a rage that explodes in shocking tragedy.
Elegantly written and exhaustively researched, The Rib King is an unsparing examination of America’s fascination with black iconography and exploitation that redefines African American stereotypes in literature. In this powerful, disturbing, and timely novel, Ladee Hubbard reveals who people actually are, and most importantly, who and what they are not.
Chapters
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chapter 01
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chapter 02
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chapter 03
Duration: 53min -
chapter 04
Duration: 01h11min -
chapter 05
Duration: 40min -
chapter 06
Duration: 50min -
chapter 07
Duration: 54min -
chapter 08
Duration: 48min -
chapter 09
Duration: 08s -
chapter 10
Duration: 08min -
chapter 11
Duration: 43min -
chapter 12
Duration: 28min -
chapter 13
Duration: 42min -
chapter 14
Duration: 40min -
chapter 15
Duration: 31min -
chapter 16
Duration: 58min -
chapter 17
Duration: 33min -
chapter 18
Duration: 01min