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Cahokia Jazz

By: Francis Spufford
Narrated by: Andy Ingalls
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A thrilling tale of murder and mystery in a city where history has run a little differently — from the bestselling author of Golden Hill.

In a city that never was, in an America that never was, on a snowy night at the end of winter, two detectives find a body on the roof of a skyscraper. It's 1922, and Americans are drinking in speakeasies, dancing to jazz, stepping quickly to the tempo of modern times. Beside the Mississippi, the ancient city of Cahokia lives on – a teeming industrial metropolis, containing every race and creed. Among them, peace holds. Just about. But that body on the roof is about to spark off a week that will spill the city's secrets, and bring it, against a soundtrack of wailing clarinets and gunfire, either to destruction or rebirth.

The multiple-award-winning Francis Spufford returns, with a lovingly created, richly pleasure-giving, epically scaled tale set in the golden age of wicked entertainments.

©2023 Francis Spufford (P)2023 W. F. Howes Ltd Crime Fiction Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Literary Fiction Mystery Science Fiction Crime Exciting

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I didn’t think Spufford could better than ‘On Golden Hill’ but he has. I was entranced by this magical city - if only it were real. Dramatic, exciting, romantic. It has it all. Barrow is such a wonderful central character.
The performance was very good- he can’t do an Irish accent but I’ll for forgive him for that!

I didn’t want it to end

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This was recommended by a friend as something different to read, and it was. It took me a little while to get into it but I really enjoyed. It was a good story with interesting characters and the narrator bought them to life.

Different

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Such a great audiobook. The narrator really got into the different accents and it really made the listening experience great.

Fabulous voices!

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This novel is beautifully written and superbly narrated. Like Spufford’s earlier novel, Golden Hill, it approaches the issue of racism from an unusual angle. But it also has a central character who is supremely likeable.

A book that makes you think

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A beautifully written tale with superb narration. I couldn't have enjoyed this more. Reminded me of a book by Michael Chabon, which is no bad thing.

I thoroughly enjoyed this.

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