The opening pages of Rob Franklin's debut novel, "Great Black Hope," take readers into the thick of late-night Hamptons debauchery. It's Labor Day weekend Out East, and the privileged ...

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“Great Black Hope,” a promising debut novel by Rob Franklin, opens with its leading man being arrested for cocaine possession. It’s Labor Day weekend in the Hamptons, and Smith wears, “in ...

In "Great Black Hope," a young, gay, Black man is reeling even before his socialite roommate is found dead. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Rob Franklin about race, class, addiction, and his debut novel.

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Great Black Hope centers around Smith, a young Black gay man from an elite family in Atlanta living an upwardly mobile life in New York. But when his friend Elle dies mysteriously and Smith is ...