A review by gaypoetree
Flight to Canada by Ishmael Reed

3.0

Absolutely buck wild, especially if you’re not clued in to semi-obscure ‘70s cultural references. Some really truly fun anachronism used in very clever ways to criticize historical figures ranging from Lincoln to Harriet Beecher Stowe to Edgar Allen Poe. Also really effective subversion of stereotypes - oh, wait, just for the men, of course! Seriously, the misogyny in this one is soul-sucking. Might read again for academic / analytic / literary context purposes, would NEVER read again for fun.