Bob Campbell, Writer
MOTOWN MAN
Debut novel
Published by Urban Farmhouse Press
Debut novel
Published by Urban Farmhouse Press
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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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.
REVIEWS & INTERVIEWS
MOTOWN MAN Playlist
What reviewers are saying about Motown Man:
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"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 BioBob 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. 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. |