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​Bob Campbell, ​Writer

MOTOWN MAN

Debut novel
Published by Urban Farmhouse Press
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Bradley has worked hard to be a dependable, loving man and capable automotive engineer. He much prefers debugging a new assembly line, which might help preserve a withering way of life in his Midwest industrial town than grapple with the meaning of his black identity. As if he had a choice. 

Though there are consequences for violating society's mores, he's hardheaded, trusting his intellect and, increasingly, his gut. It's how he romances the woman of his dreams, Abby, who is also unafraid to challenge conventions. She falls for Bradley’s charms and, together, they look to build a new life in a faded factory town rife with veiled racial tension, marked uncertainty and on the edge of losing its identity. But to his younger brother, James, their relationship is a fool’s errand.

​During an unseasonably cold week in November 1991, the true value of their bonds is revealed and hardened. 


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MOTOWN MAN Playlist

What reviewers are saying about Motown Man:
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​“I think that it's going to lead to some great conversations. It’s the kind of book that really is a perfect book to read at this point in history.”
 
-- All Write in Sin City podcast
"Wow, what a debut!"

-- Michigan in Books

​"Motown Man" is an unusual, thought-provoking debut novel.

-- Lansing State Journal​

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Author's Bio

​Bob Campbell is an essayist, novelist and former newspaper reporter, based in Flint, Mich.

His debut novel, Motown Man, was published in November 2020 by Urban Farmhouse Press.
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Bob's creative nonfiction and essays have appeared in Michigan Quarterly Review, Belt Magazine, Forge Literary Magazine, Hypertext Magazine, All Write in Sin City (podcast) and Gravel Magazine. He is a contributor to Belt Publishing’s Midwest Architecture Journeys, published in October 2019.
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