The Night Train: A Novel
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The Night Train: A Novel

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  • Posted September 4, 2012

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    One Of Our Best Storytellers

    It's 1963, and things are changing in the South, even in small North Carolina towns. The Greensboro sit-in is in the news, Dr. Martin Luther King is on his crusade, and everyone is starting to realise that things will be different.

    In one small town, Dwayne Hallston and Larry Lime Nolan become friends as each is interested in the new music starting to break through; the music of James Brown and the Apollo Theatre. Larry Lime wants to be a pianist like his idol, Thelonious Monk, while Dwayne has just started a band with his buddies. Larry Lime isn't in the band, since he and Dwayne aren't even supposed to be friends. Larry is African-American while Dwayne is white and their friendship is something new in their town.

    Edgerton has captured the feel of rural small towns in this era, when the races were segregrated but depended on each other in ways no one talked about. It was a time of hope and dread, a subterranean stirring that no one had an ending for, a time of change with all the passions that change always stirs. This book is recommended for readers interested in knowing what life was life in this place and time, and for those who want to be entertained by a master at his best.

    Clyde Edgerton is a North Carolina treasure. Born in Durham, he has written nine previous novels. His forte is telling stories; stories that make serious points while being humourous and readable. He has been a Guggenheim Fellow, five of his novels have been New York Times Notable Books and he is a member of the Fellowship of Southern Writers. Edgerton currently teaches creative writing at UNC-Wilmington.

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  • Posted September 7, 2011

    THE RATING IS 0. DIDN'T MEAN TO HIT THAT STAR

    I HAVE ALL OF CLYDE EDGERTON'S BOOKS AND COULDN'T WAIT TO GET THE NIGHT TRAIN. NOW, I WISH I HAD MY MONEY BACK. BEEN TRYING AND TRYING TO READ THE BOOK AND GET IT OVER WITH. GOTTEN TO PAGE 97 AND JUST DON'T THINK I WILL EVEN TRY TO READ THE REST.

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  • Posted August 13, 2011

    Live To Read

    This is a very intriguing and well-written novel. Set in the 1960's, race is a hot issue. Dwayne and Larry are two unlikely friends-Larry if African-American while Dwayne is white. They both love music, this is really what brings them together. The secondary characters are just as interesting and fun to meet in most cases. Larry's mother, for instance, has high hopes for her son; she wants him to use music to make his way north and to a better life.


    Dwayne has a band called the Amazing Rumblers, Larry likes to play jazz; the band tries to get on the Bobby Reese show during the novel, the reader will be rooting for them. The ending is perfect for this novel. The reader will love how all of the events pan out; this book was a fast-read and very enjoyable. This book is recommended to young adult/adult readers.

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