Chicago Blues

Medicine for the Blues, Book 2

De: Jeff Stookey

Narrado por: Michael Self

Chicago Blues, book two of the trilogy Medicine for the Blues.

Jimmy Harper arrives in Chicago with the Diggs Monroe Jazz Orchestra, seeking fame and fortune. Instead he descends into the jazz underworld, where he becomes entangled in dark dealings with a sinister mob boss and in an erotic affair with a Black drag performer. In this unfamiliar world, Jimmy begins to question whether he can trust anyone, even his old band members.

The trilogy Medicine for the Blues explores the complexities of gender and sexuality through the historical lens of the early 1920s. Chicago Blues follows book one, Acquaintance. The story continues in book three, Dangerous Medicine.

©2018 Jeff Stookey (P)2020 Jeff Stookey

Rave review without spoilers

How did the author do it? Create a trilogy so complex and perfect?

Just now I completed listening to the audiobook of the “Medicine for the Blues” trilogy by Jeff Stookey. This is a review of the entire trilogy, placed in the review section for each book.

The trilogy creates pure pleasure in the audience, an epic that manages to be both delightful and intensely serious. The characters are complex and developing, the story keeps creating great interest and anticipation, so many aspects of life are integrated into the trilogy, references go from ancient times through the recent present. This trilogy plays on the mind and emotions strongly. Somehow the author has created a great novel trilogy about specifics, a trilogy which brings in the history of civilization.

The audio production is professional and polished; it heightens the understanding and impact.