Diana Athill’s account of her turbulent relationship with Black Power activist Hakim Jamal in the 1960s: raw and unflinching, a memoir of friendship, love, mania and injustice.

A charming, vibrant diary of Diana Athill’s holiday to Florence in the late 1940s.

Diana Athill met Black Power activist Hakim Jamal when she edited his book, From the Dead Level: Malcolm X and Me. Against all odds, they became friends, sometimes lovers.