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May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.05

Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

A Fair former library copy in a Good dust wrapper of "Stanley Crouch's gloriously bold first novel provides an intimate and epic portrait of America that breaks all the rules in crossing the boundaries of race, sex, and class. Blonde Carla from South Dakota is a jazz singer who has been around the block. Almost suddenly, she finds herself fighting to hold on to Maxwell, a black tenor saxophonist from Texas. Their red-hot and sublimely tender five-year union is under siege." Dust wrapper is housed in a plastic cover which is taped to the black boards. Silver lettering very crisp on spine. Dust wrapper is not price clipped. Stated First Edition. Library pocket remains on rear flyleaf and barcode inside rear boards. Library stamp in black ink along top page edgings. Library spine label remains on dust wrapper inside cover. Slight wear to plastic wrapper. Dedication page has been torn out along the spine with a copy of the page lain in. Spotting and wear to page edgings on all sides. Contents:"Prelude; Part One: The You And Me That Ought To Be: Gee, Baby; Me and the Devil; Known Alone; Shopping for Nothing; The Gizzards Are Mine; All Night for a Pig; You, Too; Seeing Is Believing; Light Rain, Light Rain. Baby Falling Down; Amazing Grace; The Blues Three Different Ways; Sky View in Blue: Cross Time Catch-up; The Emperor of the Evening Time; Part Two: Back In The Apple: A Sponge, Not a Sieve; Polka Dots and Mysteries; My Kind of Town; The Last Dance; Back-Home Blues: Luck Be a Lady in Red; Johnny Too Bad; The Me and You That Used to Be; You Turned the Tables; Capital City Breakdown; They Call It Stormy Monday; Call Me; Interlude: Shout Chorus on the Way Out; The Painter of Modern Life""Summary: "Carla is a talented jazz singer nearing forty. Maxwell is a renowned tenor saxophonist, the man Carla deeply loves and wants to marry. But Maxwell, who is black, finds himself increasingly at odds with the notion of lifelong togetherness with a white woman, as he yields to group pressure. While they are visiting his parents (whom Carla hopes to win over in her struggle to keep Maxwell in her life), scenes from Carla's past play out against the present, and we begin to appreciate the astonishing arc of her life.""Description: xii, 546 pages ; 24 cm."

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Size: 6x1x9;