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My Bright Midnight Josh Russell

My Bright Midnight By Josh Russell

My Bright Midnight by Josh Russell


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Set against a backdrop of a nation exhausted by war, in a decadent city that for years has been denied its butter, sugar, and Mardi Gras, My Bright Midnight is a novel about the complications of loyalties to country, to friends, and to those we love.

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My Bright Midnight: A Novel by Josh Russell

Walter Schmidt's life isn't simple: His wife Nadine wants to live next door to her dead first husband's mother, the Mississippi River is three blocks down the street and rising dangerously, FDR is dead, and the war seems like it will never end - but for the most part, things are going Walter's way. Then one bright April morning in 1945, Walter comes home early from work to find Nadine in bed with his best friend, Sammy.

Shocked into silence, when she then calls him a kraut, Walter becomes even more confused. True, he's a German immigrant, but he's lived in New Orleans for almost twenty years, and an hour before, he thought he was a happy American--baseball fan, reader of pulp novels, lover of gangster movies. Suddenly Walter wonders if Nadine's right, if he's more German than American, more enemy than friend. When Sammy later offers him $1,000 as an apology for sleeping with his wife, Walter accepts, desperately hoping to hurt his friend, but instead setting in motion a series of events more dangerous than betrayal and petty revenge.

Set against a backdrop of a nation exhausted by war, in a decadent city that for years has been denied its butter, sugar, and Mardi Gras, My Bright Midnight is a novel about the complications of loyalties to country, to friends, and to those we love.

About Josh Russell

Josh Russell is the author of the novel Yellow Jack (which was shortlisted for the Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Award), the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship, and an associate professor at Georgia State University, where he teaches creative writing.

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NLS9780807136966
9780807136966
0807136964
My Bright Midnight: A Novel by Josh Russell
New
Paperback
Louisiana State University Press
2010-08-30
152
Commended for Independent Publisher Book Awards (Literary Fiction) 2011
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