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Larry Karp signs THE RAGTIME FOOL

Start: 04/22/2010 5:00 pm

End: 04/22/2010 6:00 pm

In his Killer Books review, Bill Farley of Seattle Mystery Bookstore says: “In [The Ragtime Fool], the concluding volume of Larry Karp’s ragtime trilogy, it’s 1951. Scott Joplin (The King of Ragtime) is long dead, but ragtime music is making a comeback. Brun Campbell (The Ragtime Kid) is now an old man, still obsessed with Joplin’s music. A ceremony is being planned in Sedalia, MO, where Joplin got his start, but the plans are far too humble, in Campbell’s estimation. He learns there may be a journal, kept by Joplin during his time in Sedalia that Brun hopes to use to spur interest in a full-blown museum of ragtime in the town.” Multiple parties seek the journal for diverse reasons, and some are willing to kill to secure it. Meet Larry on Thursday, April 22, at 5:00 PM.

The Ragtime Fool (Hardcover)

By Larry Karp

$24.95

ISBN-13: 9781590586990
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 days
Published: Poisoned Pen Press, 4/2010

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It's 1951, and ragtime is making a comeback. In Sedalia, Missouri, plans are well along for a ceremony to honor Scott Joplin. Brun Campbell, the old Ragtime Kid, is working to establish Joplin's legacy. Brun learns of a journal Joplin kept and wants to show it to Sedalia's movers and shakers, hoping to persuade them to set up a ragtime museum. Unfortunately for Brun, author/historian Rudi Blesh is determined to publish the journal. Also, Joplin's old friend wants to suppress the material. Even worse, two Sedalia Klansmen are hot after the journal, and don't care if they have to kill someone to get it. What's one murder, compared to the Klansmen's grand plan to blow up the high school auditorium with its integrated audience during the ceremony? In the middle of this imbroglio is Alan Chandler, a 17-year-old pianist in love with ragtime. If Alan can stay alive, he may be able to prevent catastrophe and learn what it really means to be Black in mid-Twentieth Century America.

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