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    Beale Street Bluffs
    Beale Street Bluffs
    Beale Street Bluffs
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    Beale Street Bluffs

    By Adela Brito

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    Rayford Burnett, 15 years old and living in 1920s prohibition-era Memphis, is convinced he has a special talent and can win big at poker. He tries his luck on Beale Street, where it seems everyone is also bluffing their way to bigger and better things.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAdela Brito
    Release dateMay 22, 2020
    ISBN9781393019213
    Beale Street Bluffs
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    Adela Brito

    Adela M. Brito is a Miami native, who spent sixteen years in New York City, where she worked as an editor of textbooks and fiction. She is pursuing her MFA in fiction at the University of Memphis, in Tennessee. Her arts and entertainment reviews have appeared online, and she is currently working on her debut novel.

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