Reviews
Holcomb makes an effort to solve many of the puzzles surrounding this "queer, black, Marxist" writer, and those who share his interests will find this book well worth their time; recommended.
--CHOICE
" Not only well researched and full of wonderful insights, but it is also marvelously provocative."
--American Literature
"Greatly advances our sense of McKay's radical vision and its contribution to the black radical tradition".
--American Literature History
"As book-length critical works on Claude McKay are uncommon, Holcomb's proves invaluable, not simply for its rarity, but also for its combination of theoretical rigor, meticulous close readings, and archival sluething."--John Claborn
"Not only well researched and full of wonderful insights, but it is also marvelously provocative."--Charles Scruggs
--Callaloo
"Greatly advances our sense of McKay's radical vision and its contribution to the black radical tradition, anticipating the 1960s notion of "Bandung World," as exhibited straightforwardly in his fiction and in a more occluded manner in his autobiography."
--American Literary History
"Holcomb's characterization of McKay's 'queer black Marxism' is salutary, first and foremost as an interpretive provocation rather than a stable or consistent political stance discernable in McKay's work. Above all, it is necessary to confront the contention of Claude McKay, Code Name Sasha that literature can serve as a vehicle of political action -- or as Holcomb puts it, as 'manifesto' or as 'primer for insurrection.'"
--New West Indian Guide