James Baldwin is one of my favourite writers since my friend Austin Kehoe introduced me to ‘Tell Me How Long The Train’s Been Gone’ a long time back. I recently stumbled on ‘Another Country’ in our local swap library and thought it was great. I recognised a lot of characters: the talented but self destructive musician, the ambitious ones who know where they’re going, the well meaning but hypocritical ones, the vain and the envious - characters who struggle with themselves and each other, to see if, in an embattled society, love is possible.
