World War II-era Los Angeles: In Paul D. Marks’s The Blues Don’t Care, Bobby Saxon, a young white pianist with a secret, wants to join Booker “Boom Boom” Taylor’s band in spite of—or perhaps because—it being all African-American group. But first, because as a caucasian Bobby can go where black men cannot, “Boom Boom” wants Bobby to prove that another band member isn’t guilty of murder
Paul plans a virtual launch of his book on Facebook, 5–6PM PDT, Monday June , 2020.
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