Thin Blue Smoke
Author : Doug Worgul
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2011-01-27
ISBN 10 : 9780230739642
Pages : 304 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (739 downloads)
Download Thin Blue Smoke PDF Format Full Free by Doug Worgul and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-01-27 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LaVerne Williams is a reformed felon, ex-ballplayer, and owner of Kansas City’s best barbecue joint. Ferguson Glen is an Episcopal priest and faded literary star, lover of God, women and liquor (but not necessarily in that order). Their lives intersect at LaVerne’s diner – ‘Smoke Meat’, as the regulars call it. There they are joined by a cast of remarkable characters, including LaVerne’s devoted right-hand man, A.B. Clayton; blues legend ‘Mother’ Mary Weaver; and Sammy Merzeti, a young man with a bloody past – and a bloodier future. Thin Blue Smoke is an epic redemption tale, the story of two men coming to terms with their pasts. It is also a novel about faith, race, storytelling, bourbon, the language of rabbits, and the finer points of barbecue technique. Heartrending and bitterly funny, it marks the arrival of a vital new voice in American fiction.