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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... Jukebox , the jukebox in whose image all lesser jukeboxes had been created , validating the Victorian concept of the Great Good Time to be had beyond the threshold of a sober , dutiful life . Zydeco music honked from the speakers ...
... Jukebox , the jukebox in whose image all lesser jukeboxes had been created , validating the Victorian concept of the Great Good Time to be had beyond the threshold of a sober , dutiful life . Zydeco music honked from the speakers ...
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... jukebox whirred and clicked , the record was jacked onto the turntable , and someone began to breath glutinously in counterpoint to a raggedly strummed guitar . After a few bars someone pulled the plug on the jukebox . Its lights died ...
... jukebox whirred and clicked , the record was jacked onto the turntable , and someone began to breath glutinously in counterpoint to a raggedly strummed guitar . After a few bars someone pulled the plug on the jukebox . Its lights died ...
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... jukebox . Everyone was watching them now . Old men , a boy at the pool table , the dancers . Jack's face tightened . The Form had let him bear witness to the evil here , Vida thought . Joe Dill made a benediction with his right hand ...
... jukebox . Everyone was watching them now . Old men , a boy at the pool table , the dancers . Jack's face tightened . The Form had let him bear witness to the evil here , Vida thought . Joe Dill made a benediction with his right hand ...
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