Supreme discomfort : the divided soul of Clarence Thomas / Kevin Merida and Michael A. Fletcher.

1st ed.

9780385510806
0385510802

New York : Doubleday, c2007.

English

viii, 422 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

KF8745.T48 M47 2007

347.73/2634 B

Tracks the personal odyssey of perhaps the least understood man in Washington, from his poor childhood in Pin Point and Savannah, Georgia, to his educational experiences in a Catholic seminary and Holy Cross, to his law school years at Yale during the Black Power era, to his rise within the Republican political establishment. It offers a 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. This book originated from a profile of Clarence Thomas that appeared in The Washington Post Magazine. In it, Merida and Fletcher, both Post staffers, both black, crafted a haunting portrait of an isolated and bitter man, savagely reviled by much of the black community yet not entirely comfortable in white society.--From publisher description.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [405]-407) and index.

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