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Howard Jacobs
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From wistful Charlie the Mole, a gnome-like vagabond who established a thriving hobo hotel beneath the criminal courts building, to hapless Enrique Alferez, whose attempts to induce a chimpanzee to commit suicide unexpectedly boomeranged—a bizarre cast of authentic New Orleans characters is presented in this fascinating collection of Runyonesque profiles. Hardcover.
Justin Wilson, the world’s greatest spinner of Cajun tales, and Howard Jacobs, a leading authority on Cajun dialects, combine their rare talents in this rollicking anthology of Cajun humor. Paperback.
Cajun humor must be kindly and homespun, and no one spins a tale with those requirements better than the world’s number one humorist, Justin Wilson. Paperback.