About this title: Ready for a change in 1978, Newell buys a one-way ticket to New Orleans, where he becomes a quick favorite of the town. Among his new friends are party-boy Mark--Newell's first beau--and the volatile Jack, who shows Newell the blackest heart of the city.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Date Published: 05/2003
ISBN-13:9781565122512ISBN:1565122518
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 304 p. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Like New. May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781565122512ISBN:1565122518
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. First Ed., A Fine hardcover in a Fine pictorial dustwrapper. read more
Edition: F
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Algonquin
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781565122512ISBN:1565122518
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. First Edition (first printing). The fifth novel by the author of DREAM BOY and WINTER BIRDS. Fine/ Fine. One tiny closed tear to rear dust jacket panel. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781565122512ISBN:1565122518
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Signed by Author First Ed., A Fine hardcover in a Fine pictorial dustwrapper, signed by author on title page. read more
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781565122512ISBN:1565122518
Description: Fine in In Wraps jacket. 1565122518 First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. Fine copy of the Advance Reading Copy, an uncorrected proof. Pristine pages in flawless blue soft cover as issued. * read more
Description: INSCRIBED on title p. by author. 292pp. hardback 8vo: Fine in a Fine dj. An attractive signed copy of the acclaimed Atlanta novelist and playwright s New Orleans novel. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Allison & Busby
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780749005931ISBN:0749005939
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Allison & Busby
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780749005931ISBN:0749005939
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Printer Wrapper
Publisher: Algonquin Books, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9781565122512ISBN:1565122518
Description: Very Good. Galley/Proof. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Advance uncorrected proof in very good to fine condition--interior clean and unmarked, exterior wrappers and spine tight, and square; 292 pages. read more
Description: Good. Stained Former Library book. GOOD with average wear to cover and pages. We offer a no-hassle guarantee on all our items. Orders generally ship by the next business day. Default Text. read more
Description: Good. Minimal damage to cover and binding. Pages show light use. With pride from Motor City. All books guaranteed. Best Service, Best Prices. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9781565124004ISBN:1565124006
Description: Good. Clean pages good condition overall sharp corners tight spine All new inventory received to basement All orders guaranteed and ship within 24 hours. Your purchase supports More Than Words, a nonprofit job training program for youth, empowering youth to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business. read more
"BOULEVARD: Mr. G's New Orleans the 'hood' novel. For pages after pages his unconflicted main character was dragged through over cloned and boring vignettes of pre-AIDS heaven New Orleans life style. The story line and it's writing was not impressive, basically I could not wait to finish this book and get it over with. Probably it was Mr. Grimsley's own play ground back in his days. He might had known these types of characters and related to them, but he should have just kept them to himself."
"This was a very well written tale, some parts were VERY well written, about a young man who goes to the big city and, in the process of coming out, finds more than he barganed for. The story kept me turning pages, but the plot left me unsatified. It's a simple tale, a bit too simple for me."
"It's the thing about novels set in New Orleans - the place can overwhelm the story and the characters. And also, the writer has to carefully avoid not turning the place into a cliche. Unfortunately, Grimsley slips into both of the crevices. And he's such a skillful writer.... But "Boulevard," even with its droning on and on about galleries and loggias or the Cabildo, is an interesting and fast read. But part of me wanted to know more about Newell. This is a story about his coming into an identity. I would like to have known more of his thoughts, how he made this huge transformation. He's such a central figure at the beginning of the novel, and then Grimsley seems to waste far many pages on the troubled Miss Sophia.
And I guess the reader might br left wondering if Newell ever goes back to New Orleans - to visit or to live. I would say yes. It's an amazing place where he grew up very fast and was nearly sucked into its sort of sinister undercurrent. But he proved, he's in control."
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