In chapter 3 part 2, we discuss William Gardner Smith's The Stone Face (1963). while enjoying Ethiopia Koke Washed coffee from Portrait Coffee!

Adam Shatz states that "The Stone Face explores a black exile's discovery of the suffering of others: an injustice perpetrated by his host country, a place he initially mistakes for paradise."

Smith's novel is extremely relevant, especially following the murder of Nahel Merzouk by Paris police in June and the uprisings that followed.

There is a lot in The Stone Face from the Black expatriate community in France to the Algerian war for independence. In this episode, we discuss a wide range of themes in the novel.

In this part, we talk about the epigraphs and what makes a book a classic!