Bücher von Robert Deane Pharr

The tale of two black men, Dave and Blueboy, travelling waiters who establish themselves as numbers runners in a fictionalized Richmond, USA, of the 1930s. Originally published in 1969, the novel centres on powerful themes of truth and illusion, myth and legend.

In this surreal dark comedy, Larry "Giveadamn" Brown is transformed from a country bumpkin into a crime kingpin when he inherits the Harlem dope and numbers empire of his Uncle Harry.