Cahokia jazz : a novel /

"Like Golden Hill, Cahokia Jazz inhabits a different version of America, and like Golden Hill it has a propulsive and brilliantly twisty plot set within a fully imagined world. Only this world is full of fog, cigarette smoke, dubious motives, danger, and dark deeds. And in the main character of...

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Main Author: Spufford, Francis, 1964- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Scribner, 2024.
Edition:First Scribner hardcover edition.
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