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Strange Fruit (CANCELED) (1st Edition) by Lillian Eugenia Smith Paperback, 371 Pages, Published 1992 ISBN-10: 0-15-685636-0 / 0156856360 ISBN-13: 978-0-15-685636-2 / 9780156856362 When it was first published in 1944, this novel with a curious title - taken from a Billie Holiday song about a lynching - sparked immediate controversy: It horrified some critics, prompted booksellers in Boston and Detroit to ban its sale, caused the U.S. postal service to seize copies, and tempted |