Two-Tone

If "Changó's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes" concludes the Albany Cycle, Mr. Kennedy has played himself off beautifully.

Corruption on the Hudson Sam Sacks 2011

"Changó's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes" is invigorated by this same blending of new and old, of progress and recurrence.

Corruption on the Hudson Sam Sacks 2011

There's more shot and incident in "Changó's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes" than in any novel of Mr. Kennedy's since "Legs."

Corruption on the Hudson Sam Sacks 2011

That Rolex Oyster Perpetual Submariner Two-Tone Date for $9,200 doesn't tell time as well as the free clock on my iPhone, but supersloppers will convince you to buy it.

Is Your Job an Endangered Species? Andy Kessler 2011

Now, at age 83, Mr. Kennedy has published the jazzy "Changó's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes," which blends historical upheaval—the Cuban Revolution and American race riots—and family strife.

Corruption on the Hudson Sam Sacks 2011

"Changó's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes" is written with such brio and encompassing humanity that it may well deserve to be called the best of the bunch.

Corruption on the Hudson Sam Sacks 2011

A scene at the end of "Changó's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes"—a swansong of sorts—gloriously captures Mr. Kennedy's lifelong fixations.

Corruption on the Hudson Sam Sacks 2011

Her dancers reappear sporadically, wearing creepy, white, long-nosed masks filched from a Venetian carnival; Monáe has a pair of shades designed by Salvador Dalí if he'd heard Two-Tone.

Janelle Monáe 2010

But the look of its Luminor ($4,550; panerai. com), which features an oversize black face and a sleek black band, can be had for a tenth of the price in Swiss Army's sporty Chrono Classic Two-Tone ($450; swissarmy. com).

Luxury For a Little Less 2008

A British Ska revival called Two-Tone briefly resuscitated Dekker's career.

Desmond Dekker, the 'King of Ska' 2006