{"product_id":"the-devil-finds-work","title":"The Devil Finds Work","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom \"the best essayist in this country\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) comes an incisive book-length essay about racism in American movies that challenges the underlying assumptions in many of the films that have shaped our consciousness. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBaldwin's personal reflections on movies gathered here in a book-length essay are also an appraisal of American racial politics. Offering a look at racism in American movies and a vision of America's self-delusions and deceptions, Baldwin considers such films as \u003ci\u003eIn the Heat of the Night, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Exorcist.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere are our loves and hates, biases and cruelties, fears and ignorance reflected by the films that have entertained and shaped us. And here too is the stunning prose of a writer whose passion never diminished his struggle for equality, justice, and social change.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52345969246424,"sku":"9780307275950","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/0369\/4552\/files\/imageloader_2f7433d4-639c-4c25-b688-4832f4b69ebf.jpg?v=1788296948","url":"https:\/\/bigredbooks.shop\/products\/the-devil-finds-work","provider":"Big Red Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}