Background
Louis Edwards was born on February 1, 1962 Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States.
(The narrator, a Black oil refinery worker in Louisiana, l...)
The narrator, a Black oil refinery worker in Louisiana, looks back on his life and the people and events that have shaped it.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ten-Seconds-Louis-Edwards/dp/1555971504
1991
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005SN83QW/?tag=2022091-20
1997
(In January 1882, Oscar Wilde arrived in New York to begin...)
In January 1882, Oscar Wilde arrived in New York to begin a nationwide publicity tour. Mentioned in a few newspaper articles, but barely a footnote in the history books, was the black valet who accompanied him. In a daring and richly imaginative work, Louis Edwards rescues this figure from obscurity, blurring the line between fact and fiction as he follows Wilde and his gifted confidant, Traquair, on a whirlwind tour across the country, from high-society Newport to art-conscious San Francisco to the Deep South.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0743236904/?tag=2022091-20
2003
Louis Edwards was born on February 1, 1962 Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States.
Since 1986 Louis Edwards has worked for the public relations offices of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and the JVC JAZZ Festival-New York. He has penned two notable novels: the critically acclaimed "Ten Seconds" and the ambitious "N: A Romantic Mystery". "Ten Seconds" recounts the life of Eddie, an African American male, former high school track star, refinery worker, and young husband. While Eddie watches a one hundred-yard dash event at a high school track meet in his small Louisiana hometown, Edwards takes the reader on a journey through Eddie’s past, present, and future. Edwards plays with the element of time in "Ten Seconds". The ten chapters of the book are structured around the ten seconds that it takes a fast runner to finish the one-hundred yard dash. Edwards paints a vivid picture of African American culture and class with Eddie’s inner monologue. Eddie ruminates on his inner self, his friends, and his family. His thoughts and recollections guide the reader through topics such as love, sex, friendship, youth, parenting, and liberty.
Edwards followed Ten Seconds with "N: A Romantic Mystery". In this novel, protagonist Aimee DuBois investigates the murder of a teenager in a New Orleans, Louisiana housing project. DuBois, an intellectual Creole woman who runs an alternative newspaper, must explore the hidden world of black society, and her investigation gives Edwards room to comment on race and class. The search for the teenager’s killer leads DuBois to a variety of colorful characters, including a bookstore owner, an alluring drug dealer, a drug-dealing mother, a malicious minister, and a pregnant niece. Edwards shifts the point of view from third-person to first-person in a story that closely examines New Orleans.
(The narrator, a Black oil refinery worker in Louisiana, l...)
1991(In January 1882, Oscar Wilde arrived in New York to begin...)
2003
