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The Walls of Jericho is the first novel written by Rudolph Fisher and it was a standout work when it was published in 1928. Black lawyer Fred Merrit buys a house in the white neighborhood near Harlem and must contend with the racism of his new neighbors, which is highlighted when he hires movers Jinx Jenkins and Bubber Brown to help him get into his new place. What ensues is a satire of jazz-age Harlem, exploring concepts of race and class that are still relevant today. Our edition includes four short stories originally published in The Atlantic: City of Refuge, The Promised Land, Ringtail, and Blades of Steel.

Rudolph Fisher was a true Renaissance man-a doctor, orator, music arranger, and writer. He graduated from Brown University with a dual major in biology and English, and graduated from Howard University Medical School. He moved to New York in 1926 and became part of the Harlem Renaissance; Langston Hughes called him "the wittiest of these New Negroes of Harlem." His story, "City of Refuge," was published in The Atlantic, and his novel The Conjure Man Dies (1932) is considered to be the first known crime novel written by an African American. The Walls of Jericho, his first novel, is a satire of Jazz-Age Harlem, highlighting the racial and class divides of the day. Fisher died in 1934 at the age of 37.