The rib king : a novel
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New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021].
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Book
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First edition.
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Sequim - Fiction (Adult)
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Published
New York, NY : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
370 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English

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For fifteen years August Sitwell has worked for the Barclays, a well-to-do white family who plucked him from an orphan asylum and gave him a job. The groundskeeper is part of the household's all-black staff, along with "Miss Mamie," the talented cook, pretty new maid Jennie Williams, and three young kitchen apprentices - the latest orphan boys Mr. Barclay has taken in to "civilize" - boys like August. But the Barclays fortunes have fallen, and their money is almost gone. When a prospective business associate proposes selling Miss Mamie's delicious rib sauce to local markets under the brand name "The Rib King" - using a caricature of a wildly grinning August on the label - Mr. Barclay, desperate for cash, agrees. Yet neither Miss Mamie nor August will see a dime. Humiliated, August grows increasingly distraught, his anger building to a rage that explodes in shocking tragedy.