01693cam a2200361 i 4500 369574046 TxAuBib 20190205120000.0 140624s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014015054 9780060529611 hbk. 006052961X hbk. 9780060529628 16.00 0060529628 16.00 (OCoLC)742512756 TxAuBib rda Howard, Ravi,. Driving the king : a novel / Ravi Howard. First edition. New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015] 325 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier The war is over, the soldiers are returning, and Nat King Cole is back in his hometown of Montgomery, Alabama, for a rare performance. His childhood friend, Nat Weary, plans to propose to his sweetheart, and the singer will honor their moment with a special song. When a white man attacks Cole with a pipe, Weary leaps from the audience to defend him-- an act that will lead to a ten-year prison sentence. Six months before Weary is released, he receives a remarkable offer: will he be Nat King Cole's driver and bodyguard in L.A.? 20190205. Cole, Nat King, 1919-1965 Fiction. Chauffeurs Fiction. Race discrimination United States Fiction. African Americans Social conditions 20th century Fiction. United States Race relations Fiction. TXLIV