Cahokia Jazz
{{Short description|2023 crime novel by Francis Spufford}}
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{{Infobox book
| name = Cahokia Jazz
| author = Francis Spufford
| image = Cahokia Jazz.jpg
| caption =
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| series =
| genre = Crime, alternate history, detective fiction
| publisher = Faber & Faber (UK), Scribner (US)
| release_date = 2023
| pages = 437
| isbn = |
}}
Cahokia Jazz is an alternate-history detective novel by Francis Spufford released in Great Britain in 2023 and the United States in 2024.{{Cite book |last=Spufford |first=Francis |title=Cahokia Jazz |date=2023 |publisher=Faber & Faber |isbn=978-0-571-33687-6 |location=London}}{{Cite book |last=Spufford |first=Francis |title=Cahokia Jazz |date=2024 |publisher=Scribner |isbn=978-1-6680-2545-1 |location=New York}}
Plot
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Reception
According to review aggregator Book Marks, the book received a "rave" consensus based on twenty critic reviews: fourteen "rave", two "positive", and four "mixed".{{Cite web |title=Cahokia Jazz|url=https://bookmarks.reviews/reviews/cahokia-jazz/|access-date=2024-07-03 |website=Book Marks |language=en-US}} In the May/June 2024 issue of the unrelated Bookmarks, the book received four out of five stars.{{Cite web|title=Cahokia Jazz|url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Cahokia+Jazz.-a0811485781|access-date=14 January 2023 |website=Bookmarks}}
Other reviews include those from The Guardian,{{Cite news |last=Brooks |first=Xan |date=2023-10-07 |title=Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford review – fabulously rich noir |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/oct/07/cahokia-jazz-by-francis-spufford-review-fabulously-rich-noir |access-date=2024-07-04 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}} Los Angeles Times,{{Cite web |last=Gwinn |first=Mary Ann |date=2024-02-08 |title=This alternate version of America’s story is an audacious work of the imagination |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2024-02-08/cahokia-jazz-francis-spuffords-review |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} The New York Times,{{Cite web |last=Pochoda |first=Ivy |date=2024-02-06 |title=A Speculative Jazz Age Noir Brimming With Murder and Conspiracy |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/06/books/review/cahokia-jazz-francis-spufford.html |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=The New York Times |language=en-US}} and The Wall Street Journal.{{Cite web |last=Sacks |first=Sam |date=2024-02-21 |title=Fiction: Francis Spufford’s ‘Cahokia Jazz’ |url=https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/fiction-francis-spuffords-cahokia-jazz-a0e991ce |access-date=2024-07-02 |website=The Wall Street Journal |language=en-US}}
Cahokia Jazz won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History for novels published in 2023.{{Cite web |title=2023 Sidewise Award Winners |url=https://locusmag.com/2024/08/2023-sidewise-award-winners/ |access-date=2024-08-19 |website=Locus |language=en-US}}
References
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Category:British detective novels
Category:British mystery novels
Category:Sidewise Award for Alternate History–winning works
Category:British alternative history novels
Category:Crime and thriller fiction set in alternate histories
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