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Reviewed on February 18, 2016 | African American Fiction (And More)
By day Ben Charles is a waiter at the swanky Pavilion Hotel in 1925 Manhattan. When night falls he writes poetry and cruises the jazz clubs of Harlem with his wife, Angeline. At Teddy's, a club thick with reefer smoke, Ben is mesmerized by jazz trumpeter Baby Back Johnston. As a teenager, he was attracted to the local bad boy in his Georgia community, but the secret romance ended badly and forced him to flee to New York City. This time Ben decides to...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
