02588cam a2200349 4500 583435510 TxAuBib 20220519120000.0 ||||||s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780316290265 0316290262 B005FRF6NE Amazon d096e6e9-3eb9-451f-b65b-3095079c7b89 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 626878 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Burke, James Lee, 1936- Half of Paradise [Libby]. Hachette Books, 2011. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2564kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Literature. HTML:<b>Discover the debut novel of James Lee Burke, before the creation of his now-famous Cajun detective, Dave Robicheaux , as he weaves together the struggles of three very different men.</b><br /> Toussaint Boudreaux, a black docker in New Orleans, puts up with his co-workers' racism because he has to, and moonlights as a prize-fighter in the hope of a better life-but the only break he gets lands him in penal servitude. J.P. Winfield, a hick with a gift for twelve-string guitar, finds his break into show-biz leads to the flipside of the American dream. Avery Broussard, descendant of an aristocratic French family, runs whiskey when what remains of his land is repossessed...<br /> The interlocking stories of these three men are an elegy to the realities of life in 1950s Louisiana, their destinies fixed by the circumstances of their birth and time. Yet each carries the hope of redemption... Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-17 20:00:03. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0017-1/D09/6E6/E9/HalfofParadise.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=D096E6E9-3EB9-451F-B65B-3095079C7B89&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0017-1/D09/6E6/E9/HalfofParadise.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=D096E6E9-3EB9-451F-B65B-3095079C7B89&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0017-1/D09/6E6/E9/HalfofParadise.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=D096E6E9-3EB9-451F-B65B-3095079C7B89&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)