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Chasing the Devil's Tail
David Fulmer
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9780156027281 Trade Paperback
0156027283
$14.00
348pages
Available
Trim Size:
5-5/16 x 8
Copyright Year:
2001
Territory:
US, O
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Synopsis |
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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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Biography |
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David Fulmer, a writer and producer, lives in Atlanta with his daughter Italia. Chasing the Devil's Tail is his first novel.
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General Subjects |
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Fiction- Mystery & Detective/General
Fiction- Thrillers
Fiction- Historical
Fiction- General
Music- Jazz
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Academic Disciplines & Course Studies |
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English Language & Literature- American Literature
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Rights Details |
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Harvest Books
An imprint ofHarcourt Trade Publishers
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Harcourt Education Company
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