Best-selling novelist and scriptwriter John Ridley is the author of acclaimed, innovative works like Love Is a Racket (F0047) and Everybody Smokes in Hell (F0035). In A Conversation with the Mann, Ridley pens the remarkable story of the life of Jackie Manna fictional, yet completely believable poor, black boy from Harlem who becomes the most sought-after comedian in fifties Las Vegas and the world. This unusual rags-to-riches tale of a man searching for respect in a golden age of American entertainment features a stellar reading from narrator Dion Graham.
