Tambourines to Glory: A Novel (Harlem Moon Classics)
by Langston Hughes
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Author: Langston HughesEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-09-26
ISBN: 0767923278
Number of pages: 176
Publisher: Broadway
Book Reviews of Tambourines to Glory: A Novel (Harlem Moon Classics)
Book Review: Exellent!
Summary: 5 Stars
I actually borrowed the audio of this book from the library, but I have to say this was an excellent story and kept me interested throughout. Langston Hughes is obviously a classic and superb writer and I love how he plays with words. It's hard to explain, but it's as if he is writing a riddle at certain points, but it's actually narration with double meanings. The spicy story of good wrestles evil was riveting! It included great humor, honesty, historical/religious references, murder and love all wrapped up in one. I really enjoyed this story immensely and I believe you will too. I look forward to reading more books by Langston Hughes.
Summary of Tambourines to Glory: A Novel (Harlem Moon Classics)
For every bustling jazz joint that opened in Korean War?era Harlem, a new church seemed to spring up. Tambourines to Glory introduces you to an unlikely team behind a church whose rock was the curb at 126th and Lenox.Essie Belle Johnson and Laura Reed live in adjoining tenement flats, adrift on public relief. Essie wants to somehow earn enough money to reunite with her daughter and provide her with a nice home; Laura loves young men, mink coats, and fine Scotch. On a day of inspiration, the friends decide to use a thrift-store tambourine and a layaway Bible to start a church.
Their sidewalk services are a hit: Laura?s a natural street performer who loves the limelight, while Essie is a charismatic singer with a quiet spirituality. Before long they move to a thousand-seat theatre called the Tambourine Temple. The two women are joined in their ministering by Birdie Lee, the little-old-lady trap drummer who can work the congregation to a feverish pitch, and Deacon Crow-For-Day, an impassioned confessor.
But then Laura falls for Buddy, a scam artist who suggests selling to the faithful lucky numbers from Scripture and bottles of tap water as ?Holy Water from the Jordan.? Even with a Cadillac and piles of money from Laura, Buddy won?t stay faithful, igniting a crime of passion and betrayal.
Harlem Moon Classics is proud to reintroduce readers of all generations to this sparkling gem from the canon of Langston Hughes.
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