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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... thicket , and she could have sworn she heard a windy word shaped from the limbs and leaves : " Eeeasst . . . . " East ? " she said . " You want me to go east ? Fine . I'll go east . But that don't help me now . " The tops of the thicket ...
... thicket , and she could have sworn she heard a windy word shaped from the limbs and leaves : " Eeeasst . . . . " East ? " she said . " You want me to go east ? Fine . I'll go east . But that don't help me now . " The tops of the thicket ...
Page 86
... thickets guarding the point , an overcast had sealed off the sky and wind was driving ripples across the water , swaying the beards of moss on the cypress boughs . Drops of rain produced numb circles on his skin . The temperature was ...
... thickets guarding the point , an overcast had sealed off the sky and wind was driving ripples across the water , swaying the beards of moss on the cypress boughs . Drops of rain produced numb circles on his skin . The temperature was ...
Page 133
... thickets on the far side of the shanty , sheltered under the skimpy shadow of a sapling oak . A path wound off into the thicket - the same path , he remem- bered , that led to the highway - and seeing it as an answer , a refuge , an ...
... thickets on the far side of the shanty , sheltered under the skimpy shadow of a sapling oak . A path wound off into the thicket - the same path , he remem- bered , that led to the highway - and seeing it as an answer , a refuge , an ...
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