Jazz /
In Harlem, 1926, Joe Trace, a door-to-door salemsan in his fifties, kills his teenage lover. At the funeral, his wife Violet slashes the dead girl's face and then desperately searches to find why Joe was unfaithful. The profound love story is immersed in the sights and sounds of Black urban lif...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | 1st trade ed. |
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| Summary: | In Harlem, 1926, Joe Trace, a door-to-door salemsan in his fifties, kills his teenage lover. At the funeral, his wife Violet slashes the dead girl's face and then desperately searches to find why Joe was unfaithful. The profound love story is immersed in the sights and sounds of Black urban life during the Jazz Age. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Basbanes copy contains 2 pieces of ephemera. |
| Physical Description: | 229 p.; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0679411674 : |