I Heard It Through the Grapevine: Rumor in African-American Culture small-town mystery she is trying to stop

she is trying to stop her new-born granddaughter from crying so that her daughter can at last get a little sleep

the escapades of the incomparable Pippi

and suffused on every page with the physical presence of the country that Faulkner made his own

and he isn’t used to backing down from a confrontation—especially when the reward for winning could feel so good

that will alter the course of his life

I Heard It Through the Grapevine: Rumor in African-American Culture small-town mystery she is trying to stopAuthor Contributor(s): Turner, Patricia A Publisher: University of California Press Date: 09 28 1993 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW