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Black Hornet by James Sallis
A sniper appears in 1960s New Orleans, a sun-baked city of Black Panthers and other separatists. Five people have been fatally shot. When the sixth victim is killed, Lew Griffin is standing beside her. He's black and she's white, and though they are virtual strangers, it is left to Griffin to avenge her death, or at least to try and make some sense of it. His unlikely allies include a crusading black journalist, a longtime supplier of mercenary arms and troops, and bail bondsman Frankie DeNoux. Yet it is the character of Lew Griffin that takes center stage, as in each of Sallis's highly praised books. He is by now, in this prequel, well on the way to becoming what he will be: violent, kind, contradictory, alcoholic. Both naive and wise, he is a man cursed by unspeakable demons, yet seemingly encircled by redemptive angels awaiting an opening.
Sallis, James: - Jim Sallis has published fifteen novels, including the Lew Griffin series, Others of My Kind, Death Will Have Your Eyes, and Drive. Drive was adapted for film and released in 2011. He also published the standard biography of Chester Himes, a translation of Raymond Queneau's novel, Saint Glinglin, and multiple collections of essays and stories. He has three collections of poems: Sorrow's Kitchen, Rain's Eagerness, and now BLACK NIGHT'S GONNA CATCH ME HERE: NEW AND SELECTED POEMS (New Rivers Press, 2015). Born in Helena, Arkansas, Sallis spent his childhood on the banks of the Mississippi River and then attended Tulane University in New Orleans, where he first began to sell his writing. He subsequently moved to Iowa and then to London, where he wrote much of his first book of prose and poetry, A Few Last Words. Sallis has lived in New York City, Boston, Paris, Pennsylvania, and Texas. At present he lives in Phoenix, Arizona.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781641291477 |
| ISBN 10 | 1641291478 |
| Title | Black Hornet |
| Author | James Sallis |
| Series | A Lew Griffin Novel |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Soho Press Inc |
| Year published | 2019-11-12 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |