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Louis-Philippe Dalembert

Born 1962 · Haiti

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  • In English

    Goncourt 2021 · Shortlist

    Milwaukee Blues

    Milwaukee Blues

    Louis-Philippe Dalembert · 59 when first published

    Novel · 260 pages · Politics

    AI-generated summary:After a Black man is killed by a police officer in Milwaukee, those who knew him, from his primary school teacher to his college coach, recall Emmett, a boy from the ghetto once headed for football stardom.