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Half of Paradise

Half of Paradise
- Author: Burke, James Lee.
- Publisher: Hyperion
- Pages: 480
- Publication Date: 1965-01-01
- Edition: Reprint
- Binding: Mass Market Paperback
- MSRP: 7.19
- ISBN13: 9780786889464
- ISBN: 0786889462
- Language: en
- Store Location: Drama Paperback
- "Book cover image may be different than what appears on the actual book."
Discover the debut novel of James Lee Burke, before the creation of his now-famous Cajun detective, Dave Robicheaux , as he weaves together the struggles of three very different men.

Toussaint Boudreaux, a black docker in New Orleans, puts up with his co-workers' racism because he has to, and moonlights as a prize-fighter in the hope of a better life-but the only break he gets lands him in penal servitude. J.P. Winfield, a hick with a gift for twelve-string guitar, finds his break into show-biz leads to the flipside of the American dream. Avery Broussard, descendant of an aristocratic French family, runs whiskey when what remains of his land is repossessed...

The interlocking stories of these three men are an elegy to the realities of life in 1950s Louisiana, their destinies fixed by the circumstances of their birth and time. Yet each carries the hope of redemption...
Country USA
Brand Hachette Books
Manufacturer Hyperion
Binding Mass Market Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780786889464
ReleaseDate 1900-01-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780786889464

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