Claude and Austin talk about their impressions of the Baldwin’s solid of characters and the crucial significance of setting–the world, the church, and streets–within the opening sections of the novel. Is Baldwin’s depiction of a poisonous Christianity a deadly critique of the religion or a crucial gesture towards true faith? How does place and setting issue into the novel’s message?
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