 First edition | |
| Author | Ishmael Reed |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Random House |
Publication date | 1974 |
| Publication place | USA |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 177 |
| ISBN | 0394491882 |
| Preceded by | Mumbo Jumbo |
| Followed by | Flight to Canada |
The Last Days of Louisiana Red (1974) is a novel written by Ishmael Reed. It is considered a model novel of the Black Arts Movement and contains many elements of postmodernism. It continues the story of the character Papa LaBas introduced in Reed's previous novel, 1972's Mumbo Jumbo. The book emphasises voodoo.[1][2] According to Kirkus Reviews, "Reed's hoodoo/mojo/gris gris/Mumbo Jumbo has a wickedly funny vitality that undermines white European ideology."[3]
- ^ "The Last Days of Louisiana Red: A Novel" at Google Books.
- ^ Last Days of Louisiana Red | American Literature Series", Dalkey Archive Press.
- ^ "The Last Days of Louisiana Red" Kirkus Reviews, October 22, 1974.