Of Love and Dust
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ISBN: 067975248X / Publisher: Vintage, May 1994
A Black, who seeks revenge against his oppressive white employers, is doomed when he breaks the most honored rule of love in the South
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This is the story of Marcus: bonded out of jail where he has been awaiting trial for murder, he is sent to the Hebert plantation to work in the fields. There he encounters conflict with the overseer, Sidney Bonbon, and a tale of revenge, lust and power plays out between Marcus, Bonbon, Bonbon’s mistress Pauline, and Bonbon’s wife Louise.
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