THE SEASONS OF BEENTO BLACKBIRD by Akosua Busia      Little, Brown & Co., First Edition, 1996                                        Condition: Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket                                                                                                                                   "Akosua Busia has written a beautiful novel, convincing, vivid, compelling" - Larry McMurtry, author of LONESOME DOVE.    This is the first novel of the Ghana-born author, who is probably better known as an actress (such as Celie's sister Nettie in The Color Purple).  Only slight wear on the book and jacket, though there's a mark on the bottom page edges near the spine (remainder mark?)