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The Dying Crapshooter's Blues.(book)(Brief article)(Book review)
The Dying Crapshooter's Blues DAVID FULMER. Harcourt, $23 (320p) ISBN 978-0-15-101175-9
In this departure from his New Orleans novels featuring Creole detective Valentin St. Cyr (Rampart Street, etc.), Fulmer paints the sprawling vitality of 1920s Atlanta with broad strokes. Joe Rose, an itinerant love 'em and leave 'em-style thief of uncertain racial extraction who moves uneasily in both black and white Atlanta, finds himself in the middle of a murderous mess that highlights the city's rampant racism and corruption as well as the stark contrasts between privilege and poverty. …
