Telegraph Avenue : a novel /
In this novel the author takes us to Telegraph Avenue. It is a story that explores the profoundly intertwined lives of two Oakland, California, families, one black and one white. Here he creates a world grounded in pop culture: Kung Fu, 1970s Blaxploitation films, vinyl LPs, jazz and soul music, and...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Harper,
[2012]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: | In this novel the author takes us to Telegraph Avenue. It is a story that explores the profoundly intertwined lives of two Oakland, California, families, one black and one white. Here he creates a world grounded in pop culture: Kung Fu, 1970s Blaxploitation films, vinyl LPs, jazz and soul music, and an epic of friendship, race, and secret histories. Longtime band mates Archy and Nat preside over Brokeland Records, a used-record emporium. All is well until a former NFL quarterback, one of the country's richest African Americans, decides to build his latest Dogpile megastore on nearby Telegraph Avenue. Not only could this spell doom for the little shop and its cross-race, cross-class dream, but it opens up past history regarding Archy's untethered dad and a Black Panther-era crime. |
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| Physical Description: | 468 pages ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780061493348 (hardcover) 0061493341 9780062206541 (pbk.) 0062206540 (pbk.) 9780061493355 (trade pb) 006149335X (trade pb) 9780062124609 (e-book) 0062124609 (e-book) 9780062201454 (large print) 006220145X (large print) |