From the great American writer and civil rights activist James Baldwin comes this tightly wrought gut-punch of a novel. Set in 1970s New York City, If Beale Street Could Talk is both an intimate love story and a searing indictment of racial injustice – painful and moving yet rich with hope.

Quarter-bound in vivid blue cloth, this Folio book features charcoal portraits of Fonny and Tish on the cover, with a wraparound slipcase painting of Harlem in high summer. Inside, fine artist and illustrator Lela Harris contributes six original drawings, accompanied by an illuminating new introduction by Tayari Jones.