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by Esi Edugyan
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Cheryl's books
Cheryl's books rated it 13 years ago
Never got used to the voice of the first person narration -- lots of 'aints' and double negatives. It was a barrier to immersion in the story. The author throws out some placating colorful metaphors -- "he was an ancient old raisin of a man" -- but it's not enough to carry a good book. It was a lon...
KOMET
KOMET rated it 14 years ago
I just finished this novel a little less than 5 minutes ago, and all I could do was hold my breath at its denouement. The 2 main characters throughout the story are Charles C. Jones (better known as "Chip") and Sidney Griffiths ("Sid"), both African Americans, who met on the cusp of adolescence in ...
Books etc.
Books etc. rated it 14 years ago
NLB to come
Bettie's Books
Bettie's Books rated it 14 years ago
blurbs - Shortly after the fall of Paris in 1940, Hieronymus Falk - a brilliant young jazz trumpeter who made his name in Berlin - is arrested in a café and never seen nor heard from again. He is black - and a German citizen. Falk and his fellow bandmates Sid Griffiths and Chip Jones fled Berlin the...
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