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The tempest tales / Walter Mosley.

Mosley, Walter. (Author).

Summary:

Tempest Landry, a quick-witted African American resident of Harlem, NY, is walking home when a case of mistaken identity leads to his being shot by police. He finds himself standing in line at the gates of heaven waiting to talk to Saint Peter, who reviews his past transgressions and finds him wanting. Tempest is denied entry into heaven and ordered to hell. Believing his "sins" justified and heaven refusing to see the full truth, Tempest refuses to go and challenges Saint Peter to prove to him that he is a sinner.

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  • ISBN: 9781574780437
  • ISBN: 1574780433
  • Physical Description: 165 pages ; 23 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Baltimore : Black Classic Press, 2008.
  • Distributor: [Berkeley] : Distributed by Publishers Group West.

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Subject: African American men > Fiction.
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Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Fiction.
Genre: Paranormal fiction.

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