The Night Train, (Paperback)

from tuke

Whites and African-Americans in a rural town in North Carolina, experiencing the civil rights movement from afar, and exploring R&B and jazz. Not as laugh-out-loud funny as Raney, but a good humane read.

from Icecream18

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...

from Marie7

A little slow and not very interesting.

from muddyboy

This is a book in search of a plot. Nice atmosphere and characters alone can not sustain a book. I think book is supposed to show racial attitudes in Carolina in the 1960's but The Help it is not. The book is about musicians who are trying to gain fame by appearing on a local show in which amateu...