After Rufus Scott, an embittered and unemployed black jazz-musician commits suicide, his sister Ida and old friend Vivaldo become lovers. Yet their feelings for each other are complicated by Rufus's friends, especially the homosexual actor Eric Jones who has been Vivaldo's lover.

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Paperback, 14th Edition

ISBN13: 9780141186375

Penguin Books Ltd, 2001

Paperback, 1st Edition

ISBN13: 9780007490677

Dell, 1963

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