Of love and dust
Of love and dust1967
About this book
When young Marcus is bonded out of jail, where he has been awaiting his trial for murder, he is sent to the Hebert plantation to work in the fields. He treats the Cajun overseer, Sidney Bonbon, with supreme contempt, even as Bonbon works him nearly to death. Marcus takes his revenge by first seducing Bonbon's black mistress, Pauline, and then his wife, Louise. Jim Kelly, the tractor driver, watches the contest between the two men, knowing Marcus is doomed and hating him for disturbing the status quo. Grudgingly, however, Jim begins to admire the young man's spirit as the inevitable climactic showdown draws near. --Back cover.
Details
- First published
- 1967
- ISBN-13
- 9780679752486
- OL Work ID
- OL2547240W
Subjects
African AmericansFictionPlantation lifeCHR 1979PRO Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)CHR 1994American fiction (fictional works by one author)Louisiana, fictionFiction, generalAfrican americans, fiction