Night Song
A Novel
John A. Williams
- Inspired
- by
- the
- life
- of
- Charlie
- “Bird”
- Parker,
- this
- poignant,
- provocative,
- and
- stylistically
- brilliant
- tale
- paints
- a
- vivid
- picture
- of
- the
- New
- York
- City
- jazz
- sceneIn
- Greenwich
- Village,
- jazz
- is
- king,
- enticing
- hip
- young
- crowds
- with
- its
- seductive
- and
- vibrant
- rhythms.Jazz
- is
- also
- the
- lifeblood
- pumping
- through
- the
- veins
- of
- Richie
- “Eagle”
- Stokes,
- a
- saxophonist
- blessed
- with
- an
- otherworldly
- talent
- but
- cursed
- by
- cravings
- for
- women,
- fame,
- and
- heroin.
- To
- ex–college
- professor
- David
- Hillary,
- musicians
- like
- Stokes
- are
- gods
- possessed
- with
- the
- uncanny
- ability
- to
- turn
- a
- private
- inner
- world
- inside
- out
- and
- make
- everything
- else
- irrelevant.
- And
- for
- ex-preacher
- Keel
- Robinson,
- Hillary’s
- unlikely
- savior,
- the
- bewitching
- music
- serves
- as
- a
- bridge
- across
- racial
- boundaries
- as
- he
- embarks
- on
- a
- forbidden
- and
- dangerous
- love
- affair.Considered
- one
- of
- the
- finest
- novelists
- of
- a
- generation
- that
- included
- James
- Baldwin,
- Ralph
- Ellison,
- and
- Richard
- Wright,
- author
- John
- A.
- Williams
- follows
- a
- diverse
- cast
- of
- all-too-human
- characters
- through
- nighttime
- New
- York
- City
- in
- this
- incendiary
- and
- unforgettable novel.
pro-mbooks3 : libris
