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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... dress tapping with her cane along the side- walk , heading back from Dill's Liquors , her shopping bag heavy with a week's supply of vodka . Two teenage girls sneak- ing a joint in the alley between the arcade and the bank watch her ...
... dress tapping with her cane along the side- walk , heading back from Dill's Liquors , her shopping bag heavy with a week's supply of vodka . Two teenage girls sneak- ing a joint in the alley between the arcade and the bank watch her ...
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... dress , while one of the bartenders , a cadaverous man with a greasy black pompadour , offered commentary . The room ... dresses sitting together at one end , sipping on drinks loaded with fruit and looking restless . Their eyes swiveled ...
... dress , while one of the bartenders , a cadaverous man with a greasy black pompadour , offered commentary . The room ... dresses sitting together at one end , sipping on drinks loaded with fruit and looking restless . Their eyes swiveled ...
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... dress with spaghetti straps and a plunging neckline and a sheath skirt slit up to the thigh . If he had only just met her , he thought , his eyes would have bugged out like a cartoon lecher's- he wasn't altogether certain they weren't ...
... dress with spaghetti straps and a plunging neckline and a sheath skirt slit up to the thigh . If he had only just met her , he thought , his eyes would have bugged out like a cartoon lecher's- he wasn't altogether certain they weren't ...
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