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Masquerades of Spring

Ben Aaronovitch (2024)

Subgenre
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingPG
Pages207 (Quick Read (<250))
SettingSecondary World
CSM age13
Goodreads4.15/5 (6562)

Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentNone
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

Madness

Protagonist archetypes

Duo / Partners

Synopsis

"Meet Augustus Berrycloth-Young - flaneur extraordinaire and Englishman abroad - as he chronicles the Jazz Age from his perch atop the city that never sleeps. 'Gussie' is not one to shun shut-eye himself, however. But his peaceful luxuriation is about to be rudely awakened by the arrival of an unexpected guest. Enter his old friend Thomas Nightingale, who has braved the Atlantic passage pursuing the matter of a rather intriguing saxophone said to possess a strange power over those who play it. This deeply inconvenient affair will rouse Gussie from his warm bed for the cold shores of Long Island - and down to the jazz clubs of Harlem where music, magic, and madness haunt the shadows..."

Tags

Historical FictionMysteryJazz Age1920S New York