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Thin Blue Smoke

Autor Doug Worgul
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mar 2011
Astory of love and loss, hope and despair, God and whiskey, barbecue and the blues, this book marks the emergence of a vital new voice in American fictionLaVerne Williams is a reformed felon, ex-ballplayer, and owner of Kansas City's best barbecue joint. Ferguson Glen is an Episcopal priest, faded literary star, and a lover of God, women, and liquorbut not necessarily in that order. Their lives intersect at LaVerne's diner"Smoke Meat," as the regulars call it. There they are joined by a cast of remarkable characters, including LaVerne's devoted right-hand man, A.B. Clayton; blues legend "Mother" Mary Weaver; and Sammy Merzeti, a young man with a bloody pastand a bloodier future. Anepic redemption tale and the story of two men coming to terms with their pasts, this is also a funny and soulfulnovel about faith, race, storytelling, bourbon, the language of rabbits, and the finer points of barbecue technique."
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ISBN-13: 9780230743380
ISBN-10: 0230743382
Pagini: 454
Dimensiuni: 133 x 195 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Pan Books (UK)

Notă biografică

Doug Worgul was born into a family of preachers, teachers, and writers, in the state of Michigan. He now resides in Kansas City where barbecue and the blues are a way of life. A strong sense of place is a major theme in Doug Worgul's fiction, as it has been in his career as a newspaper journalist and editor of regional and national magazines. Married, with four daughetrs, he is a nationally-recognized authority on the history and cultural significance of American barbecue traditions.