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This low-key yet powerful novel set in Howard's (Like Trees, Walking) hometown of Montgomery, AL, in the 1950s takes as its springing-off point a real-life incident of an assault on singer Nat King Cole by white men during a concert in Alabama. In this fictionalized account, the paths of the singer and a returning soldier—childhood friends from Montgomery, both named Nat, both African American—had diverged wid...Log In or Sign Up to Read More