The Magic Keys
by Albert Murray
NY. Pantheon. 2005. First Edition. First Printing. Black boards with gilt titles on the spine. Fine copy. The dust jacket is unclipped, priced $24.00 and is also Fine.
Growing up brilliant and curious in Alabama, Scooter was told he was destined for greatness. Now newly married and a graduate student in humanities at New York University, he goes about discovering just what he is destined to be great at. Anchored by Eunice, his “Mrs. Me,” Scooter makes the rounds of Manhattan’ s libraries, jazz hangouts, galleries, skyscrapers, and endlessly fascinating streets, meeting the people who will help him find his way.
