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The Town Upstairs

The Town Upstairs - Paperback

by Frank Jamison
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Availability:In StockContributor:Frank JamisonPublish date:2/20/2026Pages:352
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Vista PublishingISBN-13:9781736877029ISBN-10:173687702XUPC:9781736877029Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Southern, African American & BlackBook Topic:HistoricalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.73 inchesWeight:1.04Product ID:SCG8MB6NSF

Young reporter Jesse Wickham opens a letter that takes him back to his childhood and a model railroad replica of the town of Paradise, located upstairs in Griffin Wynne's funeral home. The letter sets Jesse on a quest to uncover the meanings of scenes embedded in the town by Griffin. His search brings him into contact with Bibi Durber, an old woman who seems to see into the essence of events. Could Bibi and the town upstairs reveal who killed Elbert Wiggins and Nathan Hanks? Was Nathan's son, Mani Hanks, wrongly convicted of murdering a man named Bennie Hoskins? Was Hoskins connected to the Wiggins and Hanks murders? The town upstairs may hold the answers.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Vista PublishingISBN-13:9781736877029ISBN-10:173687702XUPC:9781736877029Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Southern, African American & BlackBook Topic:HistoricalSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.73 inchesWeight:1.04Product ID:SCG8MB6NSF
Jamison, Frank: - Frank Jamison was born in West Tennessee near where this story takes place. He is a graduate of Union University and the University of Tennessee. His poetry, essays and children's stories have won numerous prizes. His poems have appeared in such journals as Nimrod, Fox Cry, Poem, Red Wheel Barrow, Sanskrit, The Tennessee English Journal, Chrysalis Reader, South Carolina Review, Atlanta Review, Iodine, Confluence, Big Muddy and Illuminations. He won the 2004 Robert Burns/Terry Semple Memorial Poetry Prize and the 2005 Libba Moore Gray Poetry Prize. He was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2006. The Town Upstairs is his first novel.
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