Jazz

Joe Trace - in his fifties, door-to-door salesman of Cleopatra beauty products, erstwhile devoted husband - shoots dead his lover of three months, the impetuous, eighteen-year-old Dorcas. At the funeral, his determined, hard-working wife, Violet, who is given to stumbling into dark mental cracks, tries with a knife to disfigure the corpse.

Joe Trace - in varsta de cincizeci de ani, vanzator din usa in usa de produse cosmetice Cleopatra, fost sot devotat - isi impusca mortal iubita de trei luni, impetuoasa Dorcas, in varsta de optsprezece ani. La inmormantare, sotia sa hotarata si muncitoare, Violet, care este inclinata sa se impiedice de fisuri mentale intunecate, incearca cu un cutit sa desfigureze cadavrul.