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ANOTHER GOOD LOVING BLUES.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Ballantine, (1994). The second novel by the author of 'De Mojo Blues." Set in the days of Jim Crow, this is an "alternately playful and solemn tale [which] focuses on the love between Lucas Bodeen, a suave, piano-playing bluesman, and Melvira Dupree, a stubborn conjure woman. In 1919 they leave the Mississippi Delta for Memphis, on a 'hoodoo mission' to locate Melvira's elusive mother, but before finding her they're drawn to rollicking, jazz-infected Beale Street, a stopping point for many hopeful Southern blacks on their way north." (Publishers Weekly) 211 pp. ISBN: 0-345381033.
Condition: Very near fine (usual toning to edges, but no creasing)
Book ID: 89293More details Price: $11.50 -
GOOD LOVING BLUES.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Viking, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - The second novel by the author of 'De Mojo Blues." Set in the days of Jim Crow, this is an "alternately playful and solemn tale [which] focuses on the love between Lucas Bodeen, a suave, piano-playing bluesman, and Melvira Dupree, a stubborn conjure woman. In 1919 they leave the Mississippi Delta for Memphis, on a 'hoodoo mission' to locate Melvira's elusive mother, but before finding her they're drawn to rollicking, jazz-infected Beale Street, a stopping point for many hopeful Southern blacks on their way north." (Publishers Weekly). ISBN: 0-670848212.
Condition: Very near fine in a fine dustjacket (as new, but with a remainder line)
Book ID: 89282More details Price: $18.50