Stephanie Sy-Quia

More secrets from the Underground Railroad: The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates reviewed

Set in ante-bellum Virginia, Coates’s debut novel centres on Hiram Walker, a slave with magical powers, who assists in the great flight north

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  • The Water Dancer

    Ta-Nehisi Coates

    Hamish Hamilton, pp. 403, £16

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