00818cam a2200217 4500 66351086 TxAuBib 020304|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 91-58555 9780679411673 0679411674 (OCoLC)25048293 TxAuBib Morrison, Toni. Jazz. New York : Alfred A. Knopf. 229p. It is 1926 and winter grips Harlem. Joe Trace shoots to death his lover, the impetuous 18-year-old Dorcas. At the funeral his determined, hardworking wife Violet tries to disfigure the corpse with a knife. Their story captures the complex humanity of black American urban life at that time. 20020311. TXPLE