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Synopsis
Set in New Orleans in the 1830s, a historical whodunit follows the struggle of Benjamin January, a Creole musician and a free black man, to clear his name when he becomes a suspect in the murder of an octoroon woman. 70,000 first printing. $70,000 ad/promo.
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uary, a Creole physician and piano teacher who has known the glories of Paris as well as of his native New Orleans, is at the Blue Ribbon Ball during Mardi Gras. Near the ball, Angelique Crozat, an octoroon who travels in the city's finest company, is found murdered--and there is no shortage of suspects. This novel transports the reader to the center of the cosmopolitan South in an age when both its glories and the forces which would tear it apart are equally in evidence.
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A Free Man of Color
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A Free Man of Color
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Free Man of Color
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Transworld Publishers Ltd, 1997
ISBN 10: 0553102583
ISBN 13: 9780553102581
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Seller: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
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Hardback. Condition: Fair. A lush and haunting novel of a city steeped in decadent pleasures . . . and of a man, proud and defiant, caught in a web of murder and betrayal. It is 1833. In the midst of Mardi Gras, Benjamin January, a Creole physician and music teacher, is playing piano at the Salle d'Orleans when the evenings festivities are interrupted--by murder. Ravishing Angelique Crozat, a notorious octoroon who travels in the city's finest company, has been strangled to death. With the authorities reluctant to become involved, Ben begins his own inquiry, which will take him through the seamy haunts of riverboatmen and into the huts of voodoo-worshipping slaves. But soon the eyes of suspicion turn toward Ben--for, black as the slave who fathered him, this free man of color is still the perfect scapegoat. . . . Praise for A Free Man of Color A smashing debut. Rich and exciting with both substance and spice.--Star Tribune, Minneapolis A sparkling gem.--King Features Syndicate An astonishing tour de force.--Margaret Maron Superb.--Drood Review of Mystery A darned good murder mystery.--USA Today. Seller Inventory # 00103131006
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A Free Man of Color (Benjamin January, Book 1)
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A Free Man of Color (Benjamin January, Book 1)
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A Free Man of Color (Benjamin January, Book 1)
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A Free Man of Color (Benjamin January, Book 1)
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A Free Man of Color (Benjamin January, Book 1)
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A Free Man of Color (Benjamin January, Book 1)
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