- Gebundene Ausgabe: 226 Seiten
- Verlag: Poisoned Pen Pr; Auflage: 1 (6. Juni 2006)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1890208841
- ISBN-13: 978-1890208844
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 22,4 x 14,8 x 2,3 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 682.847 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Fulmer's first novel offers a vivid picture of New Orleans at the turn of the century: Storyville, the city's infamous red-light district, is in full cry, with jazz in raucous infancy and more than 2,000 prostitutes hard at work in venues both grand and tawdry. When several of these scarlet women are brutally murdered, the district's delicate balance between booze-fueled revelry and back-alley despair tilts in the wrong direction. Storyville political boss Tom Anderson hires Creole detective Valentin St. Cyr to set things right, but his investigation takes him exactly where he doesn't want to go: Could legendary cornet player Buddy Bolden, St. Cyr's friend since childhood, really be the killer? Fulmer effectively combines historical material--especially the story of Bolden's descent into madness--with a satisfyingly complex mystery. St. Cyr is an appealing if tortured hero who uses his light skin to pass in the white world, much like Robert Skinner's Wes Farrell, whose adventures are set in 1930s New Orleans. A fine beginning to what looks like a first-rate historical series. Bill Ott
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Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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Valentin St. Cyr, a Creole of mixed parentage working as a private detective in early 20th-century New Orleans, often passes for white, but his real entr?e into society comes from his boss, Tom Anderson. Although a state senator, Anderson stays close to his "fiefdom," the fabled red-light district of Storyville. At his behest, St. Cyr investigates the murders of several prostitutes all left with a telltale black rose. Chief among the suspects is St. Cyr's longtime friend, a highly talented musician. Journalist Fulmer has written about jazz and blues for National Public Radio, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and other publications and also wrote and produced the documentary Blind Willie's Blues. His first fiction, which features a fascinating plot line and pervasive New Orleans atmosphere, is an outstanding historical.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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A mystery for people who like their history
21. Juli 2003
Format:Taschenbuch
Absent a time machine the best way to wile away a few hours in the past is through good historical fiction. "Chasing the Devil's Tail" transports readers to the famed New Orleans district of Storyville in 1907. Author David Fulmer deserves plaudits for his historical research alone. He re-creates the sights, the sounds the lingo and the language. Further, the author peoples the story with engaging, fully realized characters, none more engaging than the protagonist, Valentin St. Cyr. (The book also features real life characters such as famed jazz musician, Jelly Roll Morton).
Add to this a ripping good mystery about a series of murders that too conveniently point to St. Cyr's best friend, musician Buddy Bolden.
Fulmer leads us on an intriguing journey, placing a Rosette Stone in the path early on. The resulting conclusion is surprising but plausible.
An excellent read on many levels. Great debut by Fulmer, may he write many more.
Add to this a ripping good mystery about a series of murders that too conveniently point to St. Cyr's best friend, musician Buddy Bolden.
Fulmer leads us on an intriguing journey, placing a Rosette Stone in the path early on. The resulting conclusion is surprising but plausible.
An excellent read on many levels. Great debut by Fulmer, may he write many more.
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5 Stars Are Not Enough for This Book
15. Dezember 2005
Format:Taschenbuch
http://www.cajunculture.com/Other/creole.htm
"Coodermom" (the first and only reviewer to rate this book less than 4 stars) opinion of Mr. Fulmer's historical accuracy seems to be far from the truth, as the link above will demonstrate. I sense an agenda.
I read this book after I saw a review of "Jass" (the second book in the series) a few weeks before my daughter went to NOLA for spring break this year. I bought both for her, and read this after her rave reviews of both books. This one gives a sense of time and place seldom found in literature--similar to reading the works of Arthur Conan Doyle--and is educational as well as entertaining.
A little grisly for younger readers, but highly recommended for anyone who enjoys well written books, NOLA, history and/or mysteries.
"Coodermom" (the first and only reviewer to rate this book less than 4 stars) opinion of Mr. Fulmer's historical accuracy seems to be far from the truth, as the link above will demonstrate. I sense an agenda.
I read this book after I saw a review of "Jass" (the second book in the series) a few weeks before my daughter went to NOLA for spring break this year. I bought both for her, and read this after her rave reviews of both books. This one gives a sense of time and place seldom found in literature--similar to reading the works of Arthur Conan Doyle--and is educational as well as entertaining.
A little grisly for younger readers, but highly recommended for anyone who enjoys well written books, NOLA, history and/or mysteries.
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The slow demise of childhood dreams
26. Januar 2005
Format:Taschenbuch
Papa Bellocq's grainy photographs of "soiled doves", the rounders who gather for a few hands of cards, the working girls decked out for another night of pleasure, the plump madams with calculating minds, the rich and powerful men who take their profit...this is the sanctioned Louisiana district of ill-repute known as Storyville.
Working for Tom Anderson, the King of Storyville, private detective Valentin St. Cyr trouble-shoots the moonlit streets of the District, reporting to his boss for special assignments. Of late, Storyville has gained notoriety for a new kind of music, the funky, low-down blues and wild disharmonies of Jass the black musicians have taken to heart, filling the nights with their soulful rhythms. Valentin's childhood friend, Buddy "King" Bolden, is in the forefront of the horn-blowing magicians, his reputation as a hard-drinking womanizer growing along with his fame as a musician.
But something is on Buddy's mind, his drinking and drugging out of control, his magic melodies losing their edge. Whatever the problem, Buddy is keeping it to himself, which is all right with St. Cyr, currently engaged in solving the brutal slayings of ladies of the night, each body left with a souvenir, a black rose. The ladies are nervous and Anderson expects St. Cyr to produce quick results before business suffers in the District.
Someone usually knows exactly what is going on in Storyville and the Black Rose Murders are no exception. While Buddy Bolden appears the obvious candidate, Valentin has more on his mind than his friend. Clearly, someone is also doing their best to keep St. Cyr off the right track. The recent violent murders of the women work on the detective, who is one step behind each murder, unable to put the mystery together; yet this isn't a man who gives up easily. When the violence hits too close to home, Valentin steels his resolve, reaching beyond the obvious to the dark mind that so casually disposes of human life. When his friendship with Buddy is threatened, the detective truly knows despair: "Valentin felt no relief, just a nagging emptiness, a vacant sorrow for all the ghosts, living and dead."
Fulmer's Storyville is richly atmospheric, recalling the ribald days when horns blared the new music and the night sparkled with the false histrionics of bright lights and the laughter of painted women. Long faded into the dusty pages of the past, for a short time Storyville comes alive with a vengeance in Chasing the Devil`s Tail. Luan Gaines/2005.
Working for Tom Anderson, the King of Storyville, private detective Valentin St. Cyr trouble-shoots the moonlit streets of the District, reporting to his boss for special assignments. Of late, Storyville has gained notoriety for a new kind of music, the funky, low-down blues and wild disharmonies of Jass the black musicians have taken to heart, filling the nights with their soulful rhythms. Valentin's childhood friend, Buddy "King" Bolden, is in the forefront of the horn-blowing magicians, his reputation as a hard-drinking womanizer growing along with his fame as a musician.
But something is on Buddy's mind, his drinking and drugging out of control, his magic melodies losing their edge. Whatever the problem, Buddy is keeping it to himself, which is all right with St. Cyr, currently engaged in solving the brutal slayings of ladies of the night, each body left with a souvenir, a black rose. The ladies are nervous and Anderson expects St. Cyr to produce quick results before business suffers in the District.
Someone usually knows exactly what is going on in Storyville and the Black Rose Murders are no exception. While Buddy Bolden appears the obvious candidate, Valentin has more on his mind than his friend. Clearly, someone is also doing their best to keep St. Cyr off the right track. The recent violent murders of the women work on the detective, who is one step behind each murder, unable to put the mystery together; yet this isn't a man who gives up easily. When the violence hits too close to home, Valentin steels his resolve, reaching beyond the obvious to the dark mind that so casually disposes of human life. When his friendship with Buddy is threatened, the detective truly knows despair: "Valentin felt no relief, just a nagging emptiness, a vacant sorrow for all the ghosts, living and dead."
Fulmer's Storyville is richly atmospheric, recalling the ribald days when horns blared the new music and the night sparkled with the false histrionics of bright lights and the laughter of painted women. Long faded into the dusty pages of the past, for a short time Storyville comes alive with a vengeance in Chasing the Devil`s Tail. Luan Gaines/2005.
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