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‘A great writer’ James Baldwin
‘Part vision, part satire, part farce … a wholly original, unholy cross between the craft of fiction and witchcraft’ The New York Times
A plague is spreading across 1920s America, racing from New Orleans to New York. It’s an epidemic of free expression, carried by black artists, and its symptoms are an uncontrollable urge to dance, sing, laugh and jive. The state will stop at nothing to suppress the outbreak, but, deep in the heart of Harlem, private eye and Vodum priest Papa LaBas has other ideas – and, possibly, the key to everything. A freewheeling, explosive blend of jazz, ragtime, ancient myth, magic and conspiracy thriller, this anarchic postmodern classic is a satire for our times.
ASIN : 0241305810
Publisher : Penguin Classics (6 July 2017); Penguin Random House Ireland Limited; productsafety@penguin.co.uk
Language : English
Paperback : 224 pages
ISBN-10 : 9780241305812
ISBN-13 : 978-0241305812
Item Weight : 199 g
Dimensions : 13 x 1.7 x 19.8 cm
Country of Origin : United Kingdom
Best Sellers Rank: #545,059 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #6,283 in Science Fiction Crime & Mystery #7,769 in Mysteries (Books) #11,594 in Crime Fiction (Books)
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