Joplin's Ghost
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780743449045 (0743449045)
Publish date: September 19th 2006
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Pages no: 496
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction Fantasy,
Paranormal,
Novels,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
African American,
Mystery,
Horror,
Music,
Ghosts
I had a wildly uneven experience with this book. It has some of the same problems that I have with most novels that try to tell two interconnected stories, one historical, one contemporary. The historical story was easy to fall into, but I kept losing interest during the contemporary timeline. That ...
I picked this up at a wonderful used bookstore - The Book Bank- in Alexandria, VA. Seriously, how someone could let this book go, I don't know.So awhile back, I read a Due short story on my kindle. I enjoyed it, and she got added to my list (the ever growing one) of "authors to try in novel form". W...