Any Known Blood
Lawrence Hill
<p>Contains extra content -- insights, interviews and more!</p><p>Langston Cane V is thirty-eight, divorced and childless, and has just been fired for sabotaging a government official’s speech. The eldest son of a white mother and prominent black father, Langston feels more acutely than ever the burden of his illustrious family name. After a run-in with his father in Oakville, Langston takes off for Baltimore, where he embarks on a remarkable quest to uncover his family’s past—and his own sense of self.</p><p>At once elegant and sensuous, wry and witty, <em>Any Known Blood</em> slips effortlessly from the slave trade of 19th-century Virginia to the modern, predominantly white suburbs of Oakville, Ontario—once a final stop on the Underground Railroad. Rich in historical detail, <em>Any Known Blood</em> is an engrossing tale about one man’s attempt to find himself through unearthing and giving voice to those who came before him.</p>