Kingsblood Royal - or the bizarre making of Race
One of my favourite american authors is Sinclair Lewis , who saw a surge in popularity after 2016 election of Donald Trump. The reason for a public interest in Lewis authorship was back then his book it can't happen here which dealt with the danger of a fascist take-over in the US by democratic means, something that was actually quite close due to Lindberghs popularity. A year ago I however read another novell of his, Kingsblood Royale which dealt with the question of race in the american 1930's. Sinclair Lewis - an early 20th century writer that perhaps is more relevant today than ever before. The main character of Kingsblood Royale is Neil Kingsblood, a sucessfull middle-class american whom upon his father's request start to investigate his family ties. His father was a strong believer that the Kingsblood family were actually of royal descent in Europe but Neils research points in the direction that family had african american lineage. According to contemporary racial ...