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Legend of the Mask (Paperback)
Aaron Fox; Illustrated by Stacy Wallingford
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During the depth of the Great Depression, a wino hooker passed out
and froze to death in the alley next to Gussie and Sol Steinberg's
little grocery store in the ghetto. She left behind a half starved,
nine year old boy, Luther, whom the Steinbergs raised and educated
as a son. Their biological son, Maxwell, brilliant and sensitive,
resented Luther and eventually fled the ghetto for Harvard Law, a
Wasp wife and a career in a white-shoe Boston law firm. When Sol
dies, Luther reappears in Gussie's life, a handsome, conservatively
dressed, "white-speaking" cocaine dealer who sells only to white
professionals. Gussie loves Luther deeply and he persuades her to
allow him to use the store as a front for a cocaine operation by
convincing her that cocaine is a "harmless white man's party toy."
The cocaine operation is so cleverly conceived that the police are
baffled, humiliated and infuriated. Luther becomes a legend and
Gussie fulfills her dream of regaining the respect of the black
community, offering quality foods in a clean, attractive store. It
seemed as though there would always be joy and prosperity at
Steinbergs. But the little ghetto grocery store was fore-doomed and
the two sons that had vied for Gussie's love are confronted with a
wrenching dilemma when when Maxwell comes home to save his mother
from prison. ..".story of loyalty and love transcending race and
time." -Kirkus Indie Reviews "The Steinbergs acceptance of the boy
is striking...because Luther is black and they are white Jews..."
-Kirkus Indie Reviews
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