Chasing the Devil's Tail - Couverture souple

Fulmer, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0156027283 ISBN 13 : 9780156027281

Editeur : Mariner Books, 2003

Synopsis

Storyville, 1907: In this raucous, bloody, red-light district, where two thousand scarlet women ply their trade in grand mansions and filthy dime-a-trick cribs, where cocaine and opium are sold over the counter, and where rye whiskey flows like an amber river, there's a killer loose. Someone is murdering Storyville prostitutes and marking each killing with a black rose. As Creole detective Valentin St. Cyr begins to unravel the murder against this extraordinary backdrop, he encounters a cast of characters drawn from history: Tom Anderson, the political boss who runs Storyville like a private kingdom; Lulu White, the district's most notorious madam; a young piano player who would come to be known as Jelly Roll Morton; and finally, Buddy Bolden, the man who all but invented jazz and is now losing his mind.
No ordinary mystery, Chasing the Devil's Tail is a chilling portrait of musical genius and self-destruction, set at the very moment when jazz was born.

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Revue de presse

PRAISE FOR CHASING THE DEVIL'S TAIL

"A beautifully constructed, elegantly presented time trip to a New Orleans of the very early 1900s."--Los Angeles Times

"A wonderful rendition of a particular world at a very distinctive time."--The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)

"Captures Storyville in all its creative, mystical and sordid excess."--The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Debut novelist David Fulmer has created an amazing story, and he makes it look easy."--The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mariner Books
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0156027283
• ISBN 13: 9780156027281
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 348
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Procter & Gamble Service GmbH, Braun; https://in.pg.com/contact-us/; ; Sulzbacher Str. 40-50; Schwalbach/Ts.; 65824; Allemagne