A review by michaeldebonis
Flight to Canada by Ishmael Reed

4.0

Reed is not for everyone but he is for me. In this kaleidoscopic history of America, we see a hundred years collapsed on itself and acted out by caricatures. Reed shreds to pieces what we think we know about slavery, the civil war, abolitionism, and freedom and no side goes unscathed. His writing leaps off the page. Talking about Reed, someone recently said to me, "He is fun to read but he has 'attitude.'" If you idolize Lincoln and Harriet Beecher Stowe, this book might offend you and maybe that's a good thing.