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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... Zydeco music honked from the speakers . People dancing in front of it were sainted with a radiant nimbus . To Mustaine , more than a lit- tle drunk , its glowing niche provided a safe harbor in which he could get his bearings and avoid ...
... Zydeco music honked from the speakers . People dancing in front of it were sainted with a radiant nimbus . To Mustaine , more than a lit- tle drunk , its glowing niche provided a safe harbor in which he could get his bearings and avoid ...
Page 29
... Zydeco tune , and at the tables beyond the dance floor , between eighty and a hundred people were hooting , laughing , and waving their arms . Wait- resses in shorts and tube tops and dice - shaped earrings weaved among them , slapping ...
... Zydeco tune , and at the tables beyond the dance floor , between eighty and a hundred people were hooting , laughing , and waving their arms . Wait- resses in shorts and tube tops and dice - shaped earrings weaved among them , slapping ...
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... Zydeco tunes - Springsteen , Randy Travis , Alabama — but the selections on several pages were not only unfamiliar , they seemed once again to express Grail's eccentric nature . The labels were not printed but handwritten in a spidery ...
... Zydeco tunes - Springsteen , Randy Travis , Alabama — but the selections on several pages were not only unfamiliar , they seemed once again to express Grail's eccentric nature . The labels were not printed but handwritten in a spidery ...
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