Invisible Man

I read this book back in 1996 for my first book club, the club I joined on Meet Up in Chicago. Wow, what a different time that was when you would find a social group on line, (in CHICAGO) be welcomed into their home and made new friends with nothing in common except a love of books and reading. I’m probably lucky I wasn’t murdered. Invisible Man - it was really good to revisit it. I remembered some of the story and the general impression of the book. At the time I read it in 1996, it was shocking how relevant it still was, being published in 1952. Now, more than 25 years later, if possible, it’s even MORE relevant. And that is truly disappointing from a societal point of view. However, the book is an amazing piece of literature and extremely effective in that you really want to know his name and you feel the reluctant trust of the land-lady and the reluctant distrust of the “organization”. We selected this book for our Business Resource Group book club and shortly after it was announced, DEIB let us know that we needed to issue a content warning and put one together for us. Again, one would hope that 70 years after it’s original publication the subject matter would have lost some of the power but it hasn’t and that is extremely sad. 5 out of 5 stars The 2022 Q1 (and Black History Month) selection for the All BRG book club https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16981.Invisible_Man