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Rux, Carl Hancock. Asphalt.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
RUX, CARL HANCOCK. Asphalt. Atria: S. & S. 2004. c.256p. ISBN 0-7434-7400-7. $24. F
In playwright, poet, and performing artist Rux's debut novel, a moody and with drawn disc jockey named Racine has just returned to Brooklyn after an extended stay in France. He settles in a decaying brownstone overlooking the ruins of the Brooklyn Bridge, recently destroyed by terrorists. The building is a haven for struggling artists and bohemian squatters, and Racine is immediately drawn to the exotic Couchette, daughter of a semifamous jazz pianist who committed suicide when Couchette was a child. With Couchette serving as his guide to the underworld, …
