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1) Black buck
Author
Language
English
Description
A "satirical debut novel about a young black man who accidentally impresses a CEO while serving his Starbucks order, catapulting him into the opportunity of a lifetime: a shot at stardom as the lone black salesman at an eccentric, mysterious, and wildly successful startup where, he will soon learn, nothing is as it seems"--
3) Bunny Love
Author
Publisher
[Michael Frederick]
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
266 pages ; 22cm.
Language
English
Description
"A tired salesman (Gary Stone) and jaded romance novelist (Becky Dungmire/Sylvia Jayne) discover an abandoned baby boy at Woodstock with a mysterious note left by the mother, causing them to raise Bunny Love in the Midwest."--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Harlem trilogy volume 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"'Ray Carney was only slightly bent when it came to being crooked' ... To his customers and neighbors on 125th street, Carney is an upstanding salesman of reasonably-priced furniture, making a life for himself and his family. He and his wife Elizabeth are expecting their second child, and if her parents on Striver's Row don't approve of him or their cramped apartment across from the subway tracks, it's still home. Few people know he descends from...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Quichotte, an aging traveling salesman obsessed with the 'unreal real' of TV, falls in impossible love with a queen of the screen; while obsessively writing her love letters, he wishes an imaginary son, Sancho, into existence. Together they set off across America in Quichotte's trusty Chevy Cruze to find her and convince her of his love. Meanwhile, Quichotte's tragicomic story is being told by the author who created him: Brother, a mediocre spy...
6) Quijote
Author
Publisher
Seix Barral
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
527 pages ; 23 cm
Language
Español
Description
"Inspirado por la obra de Cervantes, Sam DuChamp, un escritor mediocre de thrillers de espias, crea el personaje de Quijote, un vendedor cortes y pasado de moda que vive obsesionado con la television y que esta enamorado platonicamente de una estrella de la pequena pantalla. Junto con su hijo (imaginario) Sancho, Quijote se embarca en una aventura a traves de Estados Unidos para probar que es merecedor de la mano de su doncella, enfrentandose con...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Random House Grupo USA
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
367 pages ;
Language
Español
Description
Ray Carney, hijo de un miembro de la mafia local y padre de familia modélico, regenta la tienda de muebles de la calle Ciento veinticinco, en Harlem. Ray intenta alejarse de la vida de delincuencia que su padre le mostró de niño, pero con un segundo hijo en camino necesita sacarse un dinero extra revendiendo artículos robados. Ahora, su primo Freddie le ofrece participar en algo más peligroso: el robo del famoso hotel Theresa, el Waldorf de Harlem....
Author
Series
Harlem trilogy volume 2
Language
English
Description
It’s 1971. Trash piles up on the streets, crime is at an all-time high, the city is careening towards bankruptcy, and a shooting war has broken out between the NYPD and the Black Liberation Army. Amidst this collective nervous breakdown furniture store owner and ex-fence Ray Carney tries to keep his head down and his business thriving. His days moving stolen goods around the city are over. It’s strictly the straight-and-narrow for him — until...
Author
Series
Jack McColl novels volume 1
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
338, 15 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It is 1913, and those who follow the news closely can see the world is teetering on the brink of war. Jack McColl, a Scottish car salesman with an uncanny ear for languages, has always hoped to make a job for himself as a spy. As his sales calls take him from city to great city--Hong Kong to Shanghai to San Francisco to New York--he moonlights collecting intelligence for His Majesty's Navy, but British espionage is in its infancy and Jack has nothing...
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