Accordion crimes

Description:

A tale of immigrants centered on an accordion brought to America in the 1880s. After its Italian owner is murdered, the instrument passes into the hands of other ethnic groups--German, French-Canadian, Mexican, Polish, Norwegian--and the novel describes their ceremonies, dreams and hates. By the author of The Shipping News.

subjects: Fiction,  Accordionists,  Accordionists in fiction,  Accordion,  Accordion in fiction,  History,  Musical fiction,  Historical fiction,  Large type books,  Fiction, historical, general,  Musicians, fiction,  United states, fiction

Places: United States