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(More customer reviews)In this big, ambitious novel, author Doug Worgul skillfully sets a multitude of colorful characters in an epic story that spans decades and grapples with large themes. Among many other pleasures of "Thin Blue Smoke" is its acute sense of place, as it captures dead-on the feel and, yes, even the taste of present-day Kansas City. An impressive first outing from a novelist who clearly has something to say. I expect to hear much more from Mr. Worgul in the future.
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LaVerne Williams is a reformed felon, ex-ballplayer, and owner of Kansas City's best barbecue joint. Ferguson Glen is an Episcopal priest and faded literary star, lover of God, women and liquor (but not necessarily in that order). Their lives intersect at LaVerne's diner-"Smoke Meat," as the regulars call it. There they are joined by a cast of remarkable characters, including LaVerne's devoted right-hand man, A.B. Clayton; blues legend ‘Mother' Mary Weaver; and Sammy Merzeti, a young man with a bloody past – and a bloodier future. Thin Blue Smoke is an epic redemption tale, the story of two men coming to terms with their pasts. It is also a novel about faith, race, storytelling, bourbon, the language of rabbits, and the finer points of barbecue technique. Heartrending and bitterly funny, it marks the arrival of a vital new voice in American fiction.
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