Great Black HopeThe precision and ecstasy of Rob Franklin's prose had me entranced. Great Black Hope marks the arrival of a breathtakingly talented writer. Megha Majumdar, New York Times bestselling author of A Burning An arrest for cocaine possession in the Hamptons on the last day of a sweltering summer leaves Smith, a young Black Queer graduate, in a state of turmoil. He finds himself in an absurd but dangerous situation: his class protects him but his race does