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Jazz moon /

Okonkwo, Joe

Jazz moon / Joe Okonkwo. - 351 pages ; 21 cm

Ben Charles and his wife Angeline take part of the Harlem Renaissance scene in the 1920s. Ben finds himself drawn to Paris due to the influence of trumpeter Baby Back Johnston. In Paris, jazz and champagne flow eternally, and blacks are welcomed as exotic celebrities, especially those from Harlem. It's an easy life that quickly leaves Ben adrift and alone, craving solace through anonymous dalliancesin the city's decadent underground scene. From chic Parisian cafes to seedy opium dens, his odyssey will bring new love, trials and heartache, even as echoes from the past urge him to decide where true fulfillment and inspiration lie.

149670116X 9781496701169


African Americans--Fiction.
Nineteen twenties--Fiction.
Harlem Renaissance--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.


Paris (France)--Fiction.


Historical fiction.

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