Music and Crime
3 journalers for this copy...
"Deeply disturbing and impossible to resist, this novel marks a significant debut. Creech seems to know the people he writes about, black and white, living on the fringes of the music world in California and in New York. At age 32, Ray the Face plays the saxophone masterfully, yet his career is going nowhere. Obsessed by his only god, music, Ray turns to theft with his partner on the bass, Lonnie, both avoiding jobs that would interfere with their few chances to perform. The ongoing terrors in the narrative peak when Ray falls for sexy Reggie, a singer who tries to persuade him to sign with a cutthroat agent, an encounter that drives Ray and Lennie into a situation foreshadowed--though not predictable--from the beginning. Running through the story like the minor chords in the blues is the sense of heartbreak suffered by artists who are cursed, rather than blessed, by the gift that dominates their lives."From Publishers Weekly (by way of amazon)
Offered in a bookrelay and kindly accepted by SpikesMom. It's being mailed very soon.
This came amazingly fast! It's on Mt. TBR for the moment...
I think I was looking for something hip, something that reflected life in the fast lane, not a pathetic story about a couple of stoners (who don't stop with the stone, so to speak) who can't keep their lives together.
Journal Entry 5 by WestofMars at ABC Bookbox (Already Book Crossed) in -- Bookbox, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Saturday, January 24, 2004
Released on Saturday, January 24, 2004 at ABBCJan04 (Already Been Bookcrossed) in Bookbox, postal release USA.
Into the box!
Into the box!
Came home in the Already Been BookCrossed bookbox. I'm always up for another mystery, even though this did not get the best review here it looks to be a quick read.
agree with WestofMars... this was rather pathetic.
Journal Entry 8 by llama-mama205 at Surf Rider Resort, South Ocean Blvd in Pompano Beach, Florida USA on Friday, April 19, 2019
Released 4 yrs ago (4/19/2019 UTC) at Surf Rider Resort, South Ocean Blvd in Pompano Beach, Florida USA
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Left on book sharing shelf on 2nd floor.