Y’all remember Robert, he used to work at Lemuria. I think he goes by Bobby now but I still call him Robert. I guess it’s a reverse nickname. Well anyway, Robert works for LSU Press and he stopped by the bookstore and told me that Josh Russell, author of Yellow Jack, had a new novel coming out. I told him he must send me one immediately. My Bright Midnight arrived shortly thereafter on my doorstep. I was off this past weekend and decided that it would be the perfect book to read. I was correct!!!
Russell returns to New Orleans in My Bright Midnight albeit 100 years later and
while mosquitoes are still bothersome, rations on butter and sugar and no Mardi Gras are what plagues New Orleans during World War II. Walter Schmidt immigrated to the United States from Germany 20 years ago and is as happy as an American can be. He loves baseball, pulp novels, gangster movies, enjoys a Jax Beer from time to time and likes his job at the bakery. He has a wife, Nadine, who is still a little hung up on her deceased husband so much so that she talked him into buying a house on the same street as Bobby’s (no relation to Robert) family. He has a best friend, Sammy,who is loud and obnoxious but he introduced Walter to Nadine so he puts up with him. Then one day, Walter comes home early and finds Nadine and Sammy in bed together and his world is basically turned upside down!! Walter wanting to hurt Sammy accepts the $1000.00 he offers as an apology for sleeping with Nadine. It all backfires in Walter’s face because the money puts them all in more danger than he could have imagined.
Josh Russell is an author that many of my customers come in and say “You know that guy who wrote Yellow Jack? Has he come out with another book? He needs to hurry up!” Well now I can answer with ” As a matter of fact he has! My Bright Midnight and it was worth the wait!!!
Thanks Robert for remembering your friend the bookseller!!!
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