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Which of the following works by James Baldwin deals centrally with homosexuality?

James Baldwin's novel Giovanni's Room (1956), set in 1950s Paris, deals centrally with homosexuality and same-sex desire through the relationship between the American…

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James Baldwin's novel Giovanni's Room (1956), set in 1950s Paris, deals centrally with homosexuality and same-sex desire through the relationship between the American expatriate David and the Italian bartender Giovanni. By contrast, Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953) focuses on Black family and church life in Harlem, The Fire Next Time (1963) is a book of essays, and Blues for Mister Charlie (1964) is a play.

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