Excerpt from The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

As for old Malachi, the cops never did find him. They come back for him after the hurricane business died away, but he was long gone. Left a sunflower or two in the yard and that's it. Old Mr. Malachi got off clean. He was the last of 'em. The last of the Jews round here. That fella was a wizard. He was something. He could dance, too ... Lord ... That man was magic ...

Mazel tov, honey.

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