The River Blade: A Novel Science_Gift_Guide Hans Keilson

Hans Keilson

dark-skinned Black woman reckoning with colorism as she navigates 1920s Harlem

First a citizen of the Habsburg monarchy

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The River Blade: A Novel Science_Gift_Guide Hans KeilsonFor Cass, it's a place to escape the dull grind of her lonely life, a place where she can run its twisted laneways and live out her violent fantasies. For Detective Poe, it's a beat to walk, a dark, dangerous environment to hunt down his clues and get closer to whoever, or whatever, is haunting its streets. For Adlai, sitting drunk in a bar on the border between the River and the real world, it's a place to watch his creation transform from a theatre