The Night Train
A Novel
In 1963, at the age of 17, Dwayne Hallston discovers James Brown and wants to perform just like him. His band, the Amazing Rumblers, studies and rehearses Brown's Live at the Apollo album in the storage room of his father's shop in their small North Carolina town. Meanwhile, Dwayne's forbidden black friend Larry--aspiring to play piano like Thelonius Monk--apprentices to a jazz musician called the Bleeder. His mother hopes music will allow him to escape the South.
A dancing chicken and a mutual passion for music help Dwayne and Larry as they try to achieve their dreams and maintain their friendship, even while their world says both are impossible. In THE NIGHT TRAIN, Edgerton's trademark humor reminds us of our divided national history and the way music has helped bring us together.
A dancing chicken and a mutual passion for music help Dwayne and Larry as they try to achieve their dreams and maintain their friendship, even while their world says both are impossible. In THE NIGHT TRAIN, Edgerton's trademark humor reminds us of our divided national history and the way music has helped bring us together.
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Price: $9.99 US/$9.99 CAN
ISBN-13: 9780316175272
On Sale Date: 07/25/2011
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Formats Available: Hardcover Book, Trade Paperback, Electronic Book
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In 1963, at the age of 17, Dwayne Hallston discovers James Brown and wants to perform just like him. His band, the Amazing Rumblers, studies and rehearses Brown's Live at the Apollo album in the storage room of his father's shop in their small North Carolina town. Meanwhile, Dwayne's forbidden black friend Larry--aspiring to play piano like Thelonius Monk--apprentices to a jazz musician called the Bleeder. His mother hopes music will allow him to escape the South.
A dancing chicken and a mutual passion for music help Dwayne and Larry as they try to achieve their dreams and maintain their friendship, even while their world says both are impossible. In THE NIGHT TRAIN, Edgerton's trademark humor reminds us of our divided national history and the way music has helped bring us together.
A dancing chicken and a mutual passion for music help Dwayne and Larry as they try to achieve their dreams and maintain their friendship, even while their world says both are impossible. In THE NIGHT TRAIN, Edgerton's trademark humor reminds us of our divided national history and the way music has helped bring us together.
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THE NIGHT TRAIN by Clyde Edgerton
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Product Details
- Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
- Price: $9.99 US/$9.99 CAN
- ISBN-13: 9780316175272
- On Sale Date: 07/25/2011
- Publisher: None
- List Price: $23.99
- Pages: 224
- Physical Dimensions: 5-1/2" x 8-1/4"
- Audio Run Time: 0
- ISBN-13: 9780316117593
- On Sale Date: 07/25/2011
- Publisher: None
- List Price: $14.99
- Pages: 240
- Physical Dimensions: 5-1/2" x 8-1/4"
- Audio Run Time: 0
- ISBN-13: 9780316117616
- On Sale Date: 07/25/2011
- Publisher: None
- List Price: $9.99
- ISBN-13: 9780316175272
- On Sale Date: 07/25/2011
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