Play Pretty Blues

ISBN-10: 1938126106
ISBN-13: 9781938126109
Category: Music
Pages: 212
Language: English
Published: 2013
Author: Snowden Wright

Description

"The mysteries of blues legend Robert Johnson's life and death long ago became myth. Part researched reconstruction, part vivid imagination, this lyrical novel brings Johnson alive through the voices of his six wives, revealing the husband and son insidethe legend, illuminating the vacuum Johnson left in the worlds of those who loved him and those he would never meet"--Publisher website.

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