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1977 novel by Toni Morrison

For other uses, see Song of Solomon (disambiguation).

Song of Solomon is a 1977 novel by American author Toni Morrison, her third to be published.

It follows the life of Macon "Milkman" Dead III, an African-American man living in Michigan, from birth to adulthood.

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This novel won the National Book Critics Circle Award, was chosen for Oprah Winfrey's popular book club, and was cited by the Swedish Academy in awarding Morrison the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature.^[1] In 1998, the Radcliffe Publishing Course named it the 25th best English-language novel of the 20th century.^[2]

Plot

Robert Smith, an African-American insurance agent, jumps off a roof while trying to fly as a crowd of people gather to watch.

The appearance of Smith on the roof causes a woman named Ruth Dead to go into labor. In the chaos that follows, the hospital admits her and she delivers her son, Macon Dead III—the first African-Americ