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Jason Akley
ASIN: B00GIALS0W
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 639

He knew it was poison, but he drank it anyways... That's what they say about Robert Johnson. He sang the Blues. And what if he was like King David in the bible (a singer of the Blues in his own right)--what if his heart was right with God, but he sold his soul to the Devil?This is what I explored in The Psalmist. It is written as a biography of a blues musician with hints to the life of King David and Robert Johnson. The Psalmist is lengthy, but the story is carefully structured--33 chapters separated into five books to correlate to the book of Psalms and its relation to the Pentateuch. I hope it piques your interest.KIRKUS REVIEW:A sprawling novel detailing the life of a 20th-century blues musician.Akley’s lengthy fiction debut tells the story of a blues musician named David Threnody, who was “born in an apartment above a pawn shop on 129 N 8th Street in East St. Louis, Illinois…in ...
Amazon Rating:
4.5 stars from 27 ratings