Summary
Ivan Nešić: The Devil's Good Blues
Jimmy Dixon is a withdrawn teenager who lives modestly with a single mother. He is harassed daily by a local gang led by a bandit named Kameni. Jimmy finds solace in playing guitar, taught by eccentric local bluesman Jerome Halford. But his musical progress is closely monitored by the mysterious neighbor Bebop Mama, in whose house, for reasons known only to her, the same song is constantly playing.
When the mysterious Illusionist suddenly appears in Jimmy's rather gloomy reality, the talented young man begins a journey that ends in a Faustian dilemma. Will he have the strength to resist Obsenar's more than attractive offer?
The novel Devilishly Good Blues is a tribute to the creator of delta blues Robert Johnson: it has 29 chapters because this extraordinary musician recorded so many songs during his short life, and the story of Dixon is based on the legend of Johnson's meeting at the crossroads - the man in black offers something unique, but the price is too high, the protagonist will soon find out...
"George Romero, Waylon Jennings and evil on the pages of a Serbian writer's novel! That's enough for me". - Žikica Simić
"Ivan Nešić united his passion for music and horror in a furious novel inspired not only by blues from the Delta and the legend of Robert Johnson, but also by the most impressive passages of genre literary intersections such as King's It or Simmons' Summer Night." For all lovers of pure, deep mystery and horror!" - Goran Škrobonja
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