Le Boogie Woogie: Inside an After-Hours Club

by Terry Williams

Book Overview

The "after-hours club" is a fixture of the African American ghetto. It is a semisecret, unlicensed "spot" where "regulars" and "tourists" mingle with "hustlers" to buy and use drugs long after regular bars are closed and the party has ended for the "squares." After-hours clubs are found in most cities, but for people outside of their particular milieu, they are formidably difficult to identify and even more difficult to access.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231177895
• ISBN13: 9780231177894
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.4"