Cahokia jazz : a novel / Francis Spufford.
In a city that never was, in an America that never was, on a snowy night at the end of winter, two detectives find a body on the roof of a skyscraper. It's 1922, and Americans are drinking in speakeasies, dancing to jazz, stepping quickly to the tempo of modern times. But in this 1922, things are a little different. Beside the Mississippi, the ancient city of Cahokia lives on--a teeming industrial metropolis, containing every race and creed. Among them, peace holds. Just about. But that body on the roof is about to spark off a week that will spill the city's secrets, and bring it, against a soundtrack of wailing clarinets and gunfire, either to destruction or rebirth. -- Provided by publisher.
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- ISBN: 9781668025451
- ISBN: 1668025450
- Physical Description: 436 pages : illustrations, maps, genealogical table ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2024.
- Copyright: ©2023
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Genre: | Alternative histories (Fiction) Historical fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. Novels. Illustrated works. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Poplar Bluff - Main Library | FIC SPUFFORD (Text) | 38420101825293 | NEW ADULT DISPLAY - BOOKS | Checked out | 05/10/2024 |