34 review for Two Tall Tales and One Short Novel

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   4 out of 5

   EPI – Jul 11, 2007

   In this trio of stories, Kay Sexton's Smoking the Queen easily dominates -- a youngish Jamaican DJ, Darius, finds himself casting for a foothold when his best-friend cum father-figure dies. Jazz music weaves itself in and out of Darius' damaged psyche and is also a wonderful leitmotif to the story; Sexton's dreamlike prose mirrors the tenuous grip on reality that Darius has post-skunk -- "Sweetness in Mel, anyway, as she drew him down on the narrow bed, opening her mouth to him, night-flowered w In this trio of stories, Kay Sexton's Smoking the Queen easily dominates -- a youngish Jamaican DJ, Darius, finds himself casting for a foothold when his best-friend cum father-figure dies. Jazz music weaves itself in and out of Darius' damaged psyche and is also a wonderful leitmotif to the story; Sexton's dreamlike prose mirrors the tenuous grip on reality that Darius has post-skunk -- "Sweetness in Mel, anyway, as she drew him down on the narrow bed, opening her mouth to him, night-flowered with dark sugar, ripe with languor, so sex was a sleep dream, slower than a lullaby, stars hanging outside the window, eye blinksbetween one moment of pleasure and the next, slower, lower, deeper, sweeter". Kay's vibrant reading brings Darius to vivid life, and de only ting missin' was the music, mon!

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   5 out of 5

   Francesca Cacciarru –

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   5 out of 5

   Konstantina Sozou-Kyrkou –

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   4 out of 5

   Kay – Jun 23, 2007

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   5 out of 5

   abdolla abdollay –

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   5 out of 5

   Andy Cumming –

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   4 out of 5

   Nicola –

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   5 out of 5

   John –

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   5 out of 5

   Salman khan –

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    4 out of 5

    hadi –

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    4 out of 5

    Scarlett –

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    5 out of 5

    Jalil –

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    4 out of 5

    Travis –

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    4 out of 5

    Jill –

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    5 out of 5

    Beverly –

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    4 out of 5

    Farnaz –

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    5 out of 5

    Jenny Schmenny –

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    5 out of 5

    Steve –

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    4 out of 5

    Jo –

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    4 out of 5

    Kong Asavaraj –

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    4 out of 5

    Kathy –

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    4 out of 5

    Kelly Moran –

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    4 out of 5

    Jessica –

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    4 out of 5

    Daniel –

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    4 out of 5

    khaled alhallaj –

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    4 out of 5

    Poojapanchal2808 –

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    5 out of 5

    Will Kester –

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    5 out of 5

    Peter Gubin –

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    4 out of 5

    Dennis Roberts –

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    5 out of 5

    Ann Keller –

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    5 out of 5

    La Corona –

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    5 out of 5

    Martin Cullen –

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    4 out of 5

    abcdefg –

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    5 out of 5

    Jessi –