{"product_id":"supreme-discomfort-the-divided-soul-of-clarence-thomas-9780767916363","title":"Supreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Justice Clarence Thomas is the Supreme Court's most reclusive member [and] a prime candidate for a careful, fair-minded biography. In delivering it, Kevin Merida and Michael A. Fletcher have done some quiet justice of their own.\"--\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere is no more powerful, detested, misunderstood African American in our public life than Clarence Thomas. \u003ci\u003eSupreme Discomfort: The Divided Soul of Clarence Thomas\u003c\/i\u003e is a haunting portrait of an isolated and complex man, savagely reviled by much of the black community, not entirely comfortable in white society, internally wounded by his passage from a broken family and rural poverty in Georgia, to elite educational institutions, to the pinnacle of judicial power. His staunchly conservative positions on crime, abortion, and, especially, affirmative action have exposed him to charges of heartlessness and hypocrisy, in that he is himself the product of a broken home who manifestly benefited from racially conscious admissions policies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSupreme Discomfort\u003c\/i\u003e is a superbly researched and reported work that features testimony from friends and foes alike who have never spoken in public about Thomas before--including a candid conversation with his fellow justice and ideological ally, Antonin Scalia. It offers a long-overdue window into a man who straddles two different worlds and is uneasy in both--and whose divided personality and conservative political philosophy will deeply influence American life for years to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kevin Merida, Michael Fletcher\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780767916363\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary_award - Honor Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/04\/2008 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKEVIN MERIDA is an associate editor at the\u003ci\u003e Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been a national political reporter for the paper, a feature writer for its \"Style\" section, and a columnist for the \u003ci\u003ePost\u003c\/i\u003e's Sunday magazine. In 2000 he was named Journalist of the Year by the National Association of Black Journalists. MICHAEL A. FLETCHER covers the White House for the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, where he has been a reporter since 1995. He has previously covered education and race relations, chronicling issues including the racial achievement gap, racial profiling, criminal justice disparities, and the battle over the future of affirmative action.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Crown Publishing Group (NY)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40463828320371,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_85f6f771-25c8-467c-b652-29dfc18a8df3.jpg?v=1663940759","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/supreme-discomfort-the-divided-soul-of-clarence-thomas-9780767916363","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}