Chasing the Devil's Tail (Harvest Book) - Softcover

Fulmer, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0156027283 ISBN 13: 9780156027281

Verlag: Mariner Books, 2003

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Storyville, 1907: In this raucous, bloody, red-light district, where two thousand scarlet women ply their trade in grand mansions and filthy dime-a-trick cribs, where cocaine and opium are sold over the counter, and where rye whiskey flows like an amber river, there's a killer loose. Someone is murdering Storyville prostitutes and marking each killing with a black rose. As Creole detective Valentin St. Cyr begins to unravel the murder against this extraordinary backdrop, he encounters a cast of characters drawn from history: Tom Anderson, the political boss who runs Storyville like a private kingdom; Lulu White, the district's most notorious madam; a young piano player who would come to be known as Jelly Roll Morton; and finally, Buddy Bolden, the man who all but invented jazz and is now losing his mind.
No ordinary mystery, Chasing the Devil's Tail is a chilling portrait of musical genius and self-destruction, set at the very moment when jazz was born.

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David Fulmer, a writer and producer, lives in Atlanta with his daughter Italia. Chasing the Devil's Tail is his first novel.

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Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist: Mystery/Thriller
A Booklist Best First Mystery Series


"A beautifully constructed, elegantly presented time trip to a New Orleans of the very early 1900s...." --Los Angeles Times

Storyville, 1907: In this raucous red-light district, where two thousand scarlet women ply their trade, where cocaine and opium are sold over the counter, and where rye whiskey flows freely, there's a killer loose. Someone is murdering Storyville prostitutes and marking each killing with a black rose.
As Creole detective Valentin St. Cyr begins to unravel the murder against this extraordinary backdrop, he encounters a cast of characters drawn from history: Tom Anderson, the political boss who runs Storyville like a private kingdom; Lulu White, the district's most notorious madam; E.J. Bellocq, the crippled dwarf and photographer of whores; a young piano player who would later be known as Jelly Roll Morton; and finally, Buddy Bolden, the man who all but invented jazz and is now losing his mind.
An original tale of murder, music, and madness, Chasing the Devil's Tail is a chilling portrait of genius and self-destruction, set at the very moment when jazz was born.


"A wonderful rendition of a particular world at a very distinctive time." --The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)

"Captures Storyville in all its creative, mystical and sordid excess." --The Atlanta Journal-Constitution


David Fulmer, a writer and producer, lives in Atlanta with his daughter, Italia. Chasing the Devil's Tail is his first novel.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Mariner Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0156027283
• ISBN 13: 9780156027281
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 348
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