Louisiana BreakdownWelcome to Grail, Louisiana -- next to nothing and just beyond reality -- where hoodoo meets Jesus, and townsfolk pray to both. This dark fantasy delves into the psychological and motivational depths of Grail and its residents. Miss Sedele mixes up green cocktails called 'cryptoverdes' at Le Bon Chance. Vida Dumars, owner of the Moonlight Diner, peers into the deepest realms of her customers' hearts as though they were picture windows. Town spirit Good Gray Man has promised good fortune to the town as long as it hangs onto tradition. A quirky, fantastical town's heart and soul are slowly, often painfully revealed in this dark and captivating novella. |
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... Bon Chance . Employing fewer notes , generating feedback to punch holes in the melody . The breakdown was more impressionistic this time around , illustrating the mystical sickness of Grail , the brain damage of the night . He felt the ...
... Bon Chance . Employing fewer notes , generating feedback to punch holes in the melody . The breakdown was more impressionistic this time around , illustrating the mystical sickness of Grail , the brain damage of the night . He felt the ...
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... Bon Chance , bored and gloomy as ever , cyni- cal as a dime bag , Miss Sedele lingers by the jukebox , a pale beringed finger hovering above the buttons . She simply can- not make up her mind between M - 257 , " Louisiana Break- down ...
... Bon Chance , bored and gloomy as ever , cyni- cal as a dime bag , Miss Sedele lingers by the jukebox , a pale beringed finger hovering above the buttons . She simply can- not make up her mind between M - 257 , " Louisiana Break- down ...
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... Bon Chance , you might take a gander out along Highway 10 at a little red car what's heading for Florida at an excessive rate of speed , the music duppy hot on its trail , glinting like flecks of mica in the exhaust , desperate to catch ...
... Bon Chance , you might take a gander out along Highway 10 at a little red car what's heading for Florida at an excessive rate of speed , the music duppy hot on its trail , glinting like flecks of mica in the exhaust , desperate to catch ...
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