Comments on: D*U*C*K http://libdrone.info/2007/07/duck/ An almost daily report of interesting, unusual and noteworthy books that passed under my scanner. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:45:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Alan http://libdrone.info/2007/07/duck/#comment-163 Alan Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:59:00 +0000 http://libdrone.info/2007/07/duck/#comment-163 When I subsequently read and blogged about Soul Kitchen it was made clear that the protagonists are a white couple, and I did clarify that in my blog post on Soul Kitchen. When I subsequently read and blogged about Soul Kitchen it was made clear that the protagonists are a white couple, and I did clarify that in my blog post on Soul Kitchen.

]]> By: Dev http://libdrone.info/2007/07/duck/#comment-162 Dev Tue, 09 Oct 2007 14:21:00 +0000 http://libdrone.info/2007/07/duck/#comment-162 Er, Rickey and G-Man aren't black. They're white, but raised in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans. D*U*C*K is what would have been the further continuation of a series of books about Rickey and G-Man and their resturaunt (Liquour, Prime, Soul Kitchen), but Katrina happened and she decided she couldn't continue the series without addressing the reality of that disaster. D*U*C*K was released in limited edition as a kind of alternate reality and she's now working on the actual sequel to Soul Kitchen, Dead Shrimp Blues, which will address the affects of Katrina.<br/><br/>~db Er, Rickey and G-Man aren’t black. They’re white, but raised in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans. D*U*C*K is what would have been the further continuation of a series of books about Rickey and G-Man and their resturaunt (Liquour, Prime, Soul Kitchen), but Katrina happened and she decided she couldn’t continue the series without addressing the reality of that disaster. D*U*C*K was released in limited edition as a kind of alternate reality and she’s now working on the actual sequel to Soul Kitchen, Dead Shrimp Blues, which will address the affects of Katrina.

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