Blacker Than a Thousand MidnightsA look at a black man who attempts to live within convention chronicles the life of Darnell Tucker, a firefighter, who attempts to fulfill his wife, his family, and his attraction to the dark destructiveness of fire. |
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... trailer . " Wake up , boy , " his father said , and Roscoe's Apache roared around the corner . All the way past the new tracts , the few orange groves left between the walled - in acres of houses , Darnell could see the gradual slope ...
... trailer . " Wake up , boy , " his father said , and Roscoe's Apache roared around the corner . All the way past the new tracts , the few orange groves left between the walled - in acres of houses , Darnell could see the gradual slope ...
Page 205
... trailers and shacks crowded the property , and Darnell had seen Mexican men combing the piles when no one was looking . A short line of trucks waited to be weighed . Darnell kept his eyes on the exhaust pipe in front and said , " You ...
... trailers and shacks crowded the property , and Darnell had seen Mexican men combing the piles when no one was looking . A short line of trucks waited to be weighed . Darnell kept his eyes on the exhaust pipe in front and said , " You ...
Page 374
... trailer , and three men stood hollering at each other near the open door . " It's full of my goddamn house ! " one guy yelled , and the Bronco driver , his heavy beard hiding his mouth , shouted , " There's a fucking fire coming ! " " I ...
... trailer , and three men stood hollering at each other near the open door . " It's full of my goddamn house ! " one guy yelled , and the Bronco driver , his heavy beard hiding his mouth , shouted , " There's a fucking fire coming ! " " I ...
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