[bksvol-discuss] Bourbon Street
- From: "Jim" <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bksvol-Discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 13:23:33 -0700
Hi List,
Just submitted Bourbon Street by Leonce Gatter.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
"With a stranger's eye and a Texan's gait, Deke Watley makes his way through
the riot of color and noise on Bourbon Street to the wrought-iron gates of the
hotel Moreau. He is expected; he's come for August Moreau's private game. Deke
is a gambler, and he's toted up some good winnings at poker, only the stakes
he'll be playing for in New Orleans could cost him his life." "Like decadent,
dangerous, lush New Orleans itself, this first novel set in 1958 entangles the
wary yet unsuspecting Deke in coils of deceit and revenge. For everywhere,
whether he's brooding over a drink at the Ten Spot Bar or hobbling through the
house of horrors at a deserted amusement park or jousting with Mardi Gras
revelers in the sleepless city's raucous streets, Deke's destiny is stalking
him; and often it does not wear a mask." "From the moment Deke enters the plush
world of the blinded but still powerful white business magnate August Moreau
and his mulatto son - the mercurial, angry, wildly inventive Alexander - no one
that Deke encounters is quite what he seems. Not the desk clerk, who hides half
his face in a black silk sheath; not the well-spoken bellhop, who carries a
loaded pistol in his expensive tailored suits. Not the smart and slutty Stacy
or her timid husband, Pritchett. And certainly not the elusive, beautiful
Hannah: She once killed a man, although that was some years after the time Deke
knew, and abandoned, her in a small town back in Texas." Destiny may have
stacked its deck against him, yet Deke has got no choice. He's a gambler, and
no matter how perilous his alliances, how deadly the consequences, he can only
play out the hand he's been dealt.
Spell checked, removed headers, has page numbers and breaks, cleaned up scanner
junk. If I can be of any help email me at
Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Jim B
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