Ishmael Reed Revered African-American novelist, poet, playwright, educator, activist, and musician

The Terrible Twos

Date of Review: 
06/17/1982
Subject of Review (write-in): 
The Terrible Twos
Reviewer: 
John Leonard
Source: 
The New York Times

Review Excerpt:

“Mr. Reed has been revising the authorized edition of American history in all of his novels, to give the ghosts a chance to talk, and in The Terrible Twos he achieves a kind of jive transcendence.”