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The African Dodger

Maynard Allington

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Description:Jim Lax, a black man turns up at a carnival, in the summer of 1940, looking for work. Jim hires on an as "African Dodger." Each night, in a flare-lit arena, he must stick his head through a hole in a tarpaulin and dodge baseballs. Jim is different from previous "Dodgers." Soft spoken and educated, he clearly doesn't belong in a carnival. One night Jim is hit with a baseball and the novella shifts into Jim's mind as he lies on a mattress in his darkened tent and begins to relive, in a series of flashbacks, the major events that have shaped his life.THE AFRICAN DODGER is the story of a man broken by war who questions the value of his own existence in a morally shattered world. We journey with him from postwar France to a remote region of Tibet, then back to the Harlem Renaissance of the "Roaring 'Twenties" and a passionate love affair with the colored mistress of a white racketeer. Jim's star-crossed relationship with Virgie, a girl from his past, lies at the heart of the story and the "mystery" of the "African Dodger."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The African Dodger. To get started finding The African Dodger, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 84

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Sphinx Solutions

Release: 2012

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Description: Jim Lax, a black man turns up at a carnival, in the summer of 1940, looking for work. Jim hires on an as "African Dodger." Each night, in a flare-lit arena, he must stick his head through a hole in a tarpaulin and dodge baseballs. Jim is different from previous "Dodgers." Soft spoken and educated, he clearly doesn't belong in a carnival. One night Jim is hit with a baseball and the novella shifts into Jim's mind as he lies on a mattress in his darkened tent and begins to relive, in a series of flashbacks, the major events that have shaped his life.THE AFRICAN DODGER is the story of a man broken by war who questions the value of his own existence in a morally shattered world. We journey with him from postwar France to a remote region of Tibet, then back to the Harlem Renaissance of the "Roaring 'Twenties" and a passionate love affair with the colored mistress of a white racketeer. Jim's star-crossed relationship with Virgie, a girl from his past, lies at the heart of the story and the "mystery" of the "African Dodger."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The African Dodger. To get started finding The African Dodger, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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