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Maximillion Slaughter: That Ain't No Jive
Paperback
Series: Maximillion Slaughter
Publisher: Ronald Louis Bryan
Published: Oct 4 2011
Pages: 306
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.64 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
It's Saturday night, July 15th, 1944; and club Avalon is jumping with Blues and Jazz lovers of all colors. Maximillion (Max) Slaughter, an African American in his early thirties, the owner of the Avalon, is in the center of his universe, Oakland, California, the Harlem of the West coast. With his good looks, caring personality, and pearl bright smile, women are drawn to him, but none can compete with his love for the Avalon. In a week's time, Max meets the beautiful Lily Carter, who dies in his bed, searches for her son, finds her murderer, and buries her. Max's journey pits him against two of the city's most powerful men and their plans for postwar riches. Their use of brutality and fear is not as motivating as the regret that fills Max's heart and haunts his dreams.
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