Thin blue smoke

"Laverne Williams is a failed ballplayer and an ex-felon. He also runs the finest barbecue joint in Kansas City. The place is frequented by host of extraordinary people who are in search of something: music, love, liquor, or just a plate of ribs."
"LaVerne Williams is a reformed felon, ex-ballplayer, and owner of Kansas City's best barbecue joint. Ferguson Glen is an Episcopal priest and faded literary star, lover of God, women and liquor. This novel is about faith, race, storytelling, bourbon, the language of rabbits, and the finer points of barbecue technique."@en
"LaVerne Williams is a reformed felon, ex-ballplayer, and owner of Kansas City's best barbecue joint. Ferguson Glen is an Episcopal priest and faded literary star, lover of God, women and liquor (but not necessarily in that order). Their lives intersect at LaVerne's diner - 'Smoke Meat', as the regulars call it."@en
"Laverne Williams is a failed ballplayer and an ex-felon. He also runs the finest barbecue joint in Kansas City. The place is frequented by a host of extraordinary people who are in search of something: music, love, liquor, or just a plate of ribs."