Driving the King: A Novel
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    [title] => Driving the King
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    [synopsis] => Montgomery, Alabama, December 1945. War hero Nat Weary has returned to his hometown, eager to rebuild his life. His childhood friend, the famous Nat King Cole, is also home for a rare performance. During the concert, Weary plans to propose to his sweetheart, and Cole will serenade them with a song.
	But Weary's dreams for the future are destroyed when a white man, armed with a pipe, rushes the stage. Leaping from the audience, the former soldier stops the assailant-an act of bravery that leads to ten years of hard labor in prison.
	Free at last a decade later, Weary heads to Los Angeles to work for his old friend. It is the promise of a new life removed from the violence and degradation of Jim Crow Alabama. But he discovers that even in the City of Angels, wealth, popularity, and talent cannot protect a black man from discrimination and hate.
	Drawn back to Montgomery to lay some unfinished business to rest, Cole and Weary discover a city in the midst of change. A woman named Rosa Parks has inspired blacks to boycott the city's buses-a daring fight for dignity and rights that will eventually grip the entire nation.
	"A moving tale about bigotry and the power of friendship." -People
	"Heartbreaking. . . .  A bold reimagining of [the] civil rights era." -Los Angeles Times
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