Black Bottom Saints [electronic resource] : A Novel
Alice Randall2020
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An enthralling literary tour-de-force that pays tribute to Detroit's legendary
neighborhood, a mecca for jazz, sports, and politics, Black Bottom Saints is a
powerful blend of fact and imagination reminiscent of E.L. Doctorow's classic
novel Ragtime and Marlon James' Man Booker Award-winning masterpiece, A Brief
History of Seven Killings.
From the Great Depression through the post-World War II years, Joseph "Ziggy"
Johnson, has been the pulse of Detroit's famous Black Bottom. A celebrated
gossip columnist for the city's African-American newspaper, the Michigan
Chronicle, he is also the emcee of one of the hottest night clubs, where he's
rubbed elbows with the legendary black artists of the era, including Ethel
Waters, Billy Eckstein, and Count Basie. Ziggy is also the founder and dean of
the Ziggy Johnson School of Theater. But now the doyen of Black Bottom is ready
to hang up his many dapper hats.
As he lays dying in the black-owned-and-operated Kirkwood Hospital, Z...
Main title:
Black Bottom Saints [electronic resource] : A Novel / Alice Randall
Author:
Alice Randall, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : HarperCollins, 2020
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file) (338 MB, 12:19:18 H)
Performers:
Narrator: Prentice OnayemiNarrator: Imani Parks
Audience:
Adult
System details:
Platform: findawayMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780063005129
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
436800
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