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100	1		_aWorgul, Doug.
245	1	0	_aThin blue smoke / _cDoug Worgul.
260			_aLondon : _bPan, _c2010.
300			_a454 p. ; _c20 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
500			_aOriginally published: Basingstoke: Macmillan New Writing, 2009.
500			_aFormerly CIP.
520			_aLaVerne Williams is a reformed felon, ex-ballplayer, and owner of Kansas City’s best barbecue joint. Ferguson Glen is an Episcopal priest and faded literary star, lover of God, women and liquor (but not necessarily in that order). Their lives intersect at LaVerne’s diner – ‘Smoke Meat’, as the regulars call it. There they are joined by a cast of remarkable characters, including LaVerne’s devoted right-hand man, A.B. Clayton; blues legend ‘Mother’ Mary Weaver; and Sammy Merzeti, a young man with a bloody past – and a bloodier future. Thin Blue Smoke is an epic redemption tale, the story of two men coming to terms with their pasts. It is also a novel about faith, race, storytelling, bourbon, the language of rabbits, and the finer points of barbecue technique. Heartrending and bitterly funny, it marks the arrival of a vital new voice in American fiction.
650		0	_aEx-convicts _zKansas _zKansas City
650		0	_aPriests _zKansas _zKansas City
650		0	_aRestaurants _zKansas _zKansas City
650		0	_aMale friendship
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