Dorothy Jones: A Jazz Age Trip Through Oz

Dorothy Jones: A Jazz Age Trip Through Oz

Second edition

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Publisher's Synopsis

"Dorothy Jones, the quintessential renaissance woman of Jazz Age Harlem, operates an upscale dress shop by day and an exclusive, underworld speakeasy by night from her posh Sugar Hill brownstone. When Dorothy agrees to hostess an event for mob boss Johnny, Dorothy's longtime friend and bartender, Charlie, serves her hallucinogenic martinis made with Johnny's bootleg gin. After a few drinks, Dorothy awakes to find her speakeasy has crash landed in the Land of Oz. Sporting her new ruby studded stilettos, provided courtesy of the deceased Witch of the East, Dorothy begins her journey to see the Wizard in the Emerald City in hopes he will send her home in time for a meeting to sell her numbers racket. Dorothy does not get far in five-inch stilettos, so she enlists the help of the Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Lion. They are more than happy to help Dorothy for reasons she can neither fathom nor conceive, for unbeknownst to Dorothy, once her stilet

Book information

ISBN: 9781947549005
Publisher: Blame Helena
Imprint: Blame Helena Books and Media
Pub date:
Edition: Second edition
DEWEY: 813.6
DEWEY edition: 23/eng/20230928
Language: English
Number of pages: 246
Weight: 404g
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 19mm