Thompson (African American and American literature, City U. of New York-Medgar Evers College) looks at light-skinned black men who pass for white in four novels of the first third of the 20th century. He argues that they challenge the hedonistic and hegemonic ideology of biological white supremacy, but sometimes deny blackness in terms of their family, history, and culture. He does not provide an index. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)