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LaVerne Williams is a failed ballplayer and an ex-felon. He also runs the finest barbecue joint in Kansas City.
'Smoke Meat', as the regulars call it, is frequented by a host of extraordinary characters; all are in search of something: music, money, liquor, love, or just a plate of ribs.
LaVerne's restaurant is home-away-from-home to AB Clayton, LaVerne's placid, right-hand man; ailing blues-singer 'Mother' Mary Weaver; and Ferguson Glen, alcoholic priest and fading literary star.
Doug Worgul was born into a family of preachers, teachers, and writers, in the state of Michigan. He now resides in Kansas City where barbecue and the blues are a way of life. A strong sense of place is a major theme in Doug Worgul's fiction, as it has been in his career as a newspaper journalist and editor of regional and national magazines. Married, with four daughters, he is a nationally-recognized authority on the history and cultural significance of American barbecue traditions.
'Smoke Meat', as the regulars call it, is frequented by a host of extraordinary characters; all are in search of something: music, money, liquor, love, or just a plate of ribs.
LaVerne's restaurant is home-away-from-home to AB Clayton, LaVerne's placid, right-hand man; ailing blues-singer 'Mother' Mary Weaver; and Ferguson Glen, alcoholic priest and fading literary star.
Doug Worgul was born into a family of preachers, teachers, and writers, in the state of Michigan. He now resides in Kansas City where barbecue and the blues are a way of life. A strong sense of place is a major theme in Doug Worgul's fiction, as it has been in his career as a newspaper journalist and editor of regional and national magazines. Married, with four daughters, he is a nationally-recognized authority on the history and cultural significance of American barbecue traditions.