New York: Kensington, (1997.) dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first novel, nominated for an Anthony Award. Set in 1936 New Orleans, this introduces Wesley Farrell, nightclub owner, who walks the shadowy line between worlds defined by skin color, whose Creole mother died when he was very young, and who never knew the white man who was his father. 247 pp. ISBN: 1-57566-092x.