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The Legend of Quito Road
Dwight Fryer
Kimani Press Sepia
June 2006
288 pages
ISBN: 1583147063
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The future seems to hold limited possibilities for Son
Erby. The African-American child of a farm laborer in
1930s Tennessee, his fate seems as certain as the sunset
at day's end. But when his father takes him to work at the
Coleman farm and hands down the secret to making corn
liquor, everything changes. Moving from the shaded parlors of the wealthy Sawyer clan
to the illegal activities in the woods along the
Mississippi river, this perceptive novel explores the
roots of racism, and the dangerous power of secrets that
will shatter every taboo in a sleepy little town caught
between the past and the future. Beginning with Son's
simple plan to make his fortune with illicit whiskey, and
speeding toward an explosive climax that will expose the
twisted roots of his family tree, The Legend of Quito Road
is a look at a bygone time, the sobering echoes of which
can still be heard today.
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