Winner of the 2011 John Steptoe New Talent (Author) Award Racial duplicity threatens an idyllic African American community in the turn-of-the-century South in a dazzling debut inspired by the early life of Zora Neale Hurston. Whether she s telling the truth or stretching it, Zora Neale Hurston is a riveting storyteller. Her latest creation is a shape-shifting gator man who lurks in the marshes, waiting to steal human souls. But when boastful Sonny Wrapped loses a wrestling match with an elusive alligator named Ghost and a man is found murdered by the railroad tracks soon after young...
Winner of the 2011 John Steptoe New Talent (Author) Award Racial duplicity threatens an idyllic African American community in the turn-of-the-cen...