‘Baldwin's 'Devil/Man’ by Jack Babuscio, October 7-20, 1976, p. 22

Review of The Devil Finds Work and JB’s children’s book, Little Man, Little Man.

On The Devil Finds Work: ‘if the book, finally, seems a bit unsatisfactory, this is largely owing to Baldwin’s having set such high standards for himself in previous works. The author of the gay novel, Giovanni’s Room, and several outstanding collections of essays, Baldwin here seems somewhat less than passionate about his material. Not so in his Little Man, Little Man, a delightful book, cleverly illustrated by Yoran Cazac, which movingly and amusingly describes the business of being black, and a child, in New York’s Harlem. For all those who have known oppression, the book will carry a very special resonance’.