The Sound of Building Coffins - Rilegato

Maistros, Louis

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1592642551 ISBN 13: 9781592642557

Casa editrice: Toby Pr, 2012

Riassunto

"It is 1891 in New Orleans, and young Typhus Morningstar cycles under the light of the half-moon to fulfill his calling, rebirthing aborted fetuses in the fecund waters of the Mississippi River. He cannot know that nearby, events are unfolding that will change his life forever -- events that were set in motion by a Vodou curse gone wrong, forty years before he was born. In the humble home of Sicilian immigrants, a one-year-old boy has been possessed by a demon. His father dead, lynched by a mob, his distraught mother at her wits' end, this baby who yesterday could only crawl and gurgle is now walking, dancing, and talking -- in a voice impossibly deep. The doctor has fled, and several men of the cloth have come and gone, including Typhus' father, warned off directly by the clear voice of his Savior. A newspaper man, shamed by the part he played in inciting the lynch mob that cost this boy his father, appalled by what he sees, goes in search of help. Seven will be persuaded, will try to help...and all seven will be profoundly affected by what takes place in that one-room house that dark night. Not all will leave alive, and all will be irrevocably changed by this demonic struggle, and by the sound of the first notes blown of a new musical form: jazz" -- from publisher's web site.

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Book by Louis Maistros

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Toby Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1592642551
• ISBN 13: 9781592642557
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 358