JAKE LAMAR In Person With Paul
JAKE LAMAR chats to Paul Burke about his jazz noir novel VIPER'S DREAM, Paris, Chester Himes, radio plays, Harlem and jazz. VIPER'S DREAM for fans of Colson Whitehead and Chester Himes, Viper's Dream is a gritty, daring look at the vibrant jazz scene of mid-century Harlem, and one man's dreams of making it big and finding love in a world that wants to keep him down. 1936. Clyde 'The Viper' Morton boards a train from Alabama to Harlem to chase his dreams of being a jazz musician. When his ta...