Jazz Toni Morrison

In the throes of his fifties, Joe Trace, a door-to-door salesman peddling Cleopatra beauty products and once a committed husband, commits a shocking act: he fatally shoots his three-month lover, the impulsive eighteen-year-old Dorcas. As tensions mount at the funeral, Joe's resolute wife Violet, burdened with her own mental turmoil, attempts to desecrate Dorcas's body with a knife.

In "Jazz," the narrative sweeps us through time, weaving a tapestry of passion and profundity drawn from the intricate interplay of hope, fear, and reality in the vibrant landscape of black urban life.

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