Linden HillsUsing Linden Hills as the geographic setting Naylor constructs a tale about the interconnected lives of members of black community. Luther Nedeed is a devil of a man whose great-great-grandfather brought his light-skinned child-bride north in 1837. Luther is also the reigning mortician who literally controls his vassals from the womb to the tomb. Lester Tilson and Willie Mason, a pair of hip, latter-day poets work their way down Linden Hills, to earn Christmas money. They experience first-hand the lust and pain, the hypocrisy and valor of their hell-bound neighbors. Ultimately, they are led to the moated redoubt of their satanic master, where a veritable lake of fire awaits them. ISBN 089919-357-9 : $16.95. |
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