TY  - BOOK
AU  - Howard,Ravi
TI  - Driving the king: a novel 
SN  - 9780060529611 (hbk.)
AV  - PS3608.O93 D75 2015
U1  - 813/.6 23
PY  - 2015///]
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
KW  - Cole, Nat King,
KW  - Chauffeurs
KW  - Fiction
KW  - Race discrimination
KW  - United States
KW  - African Americans
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 20th century
KW  - FICTION / General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Race relations
N2  - "Told through the experiences of Nat King Cole's driver, Nat Weary, [this novel] ... explores race and class in 1950s America"--; The war is over, the soldiers are returning, and Nat King Cole is back in his hometown of Montgomery, Alabama, for a rare performance. His childhood friend, Nat Weary, plans to propose to his sweetheart, and the singer will honor their moment with a special song. When a white man attacks Cole with a pipe, Weary leaps from the audience to defend him-- an act that will lead to a ten-year prison sentence. Six months before Weary is released, he receives a remarkable offer: will he be Nat King Cole's driver and bodyguard in L.A.?
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