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Chimeka Garricks

Broken People's Playlist Paperback Book

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Compelling fictional narrative
Relatable contemporary storytelling
Thought-provoking literary exploration
Portable paperback format
Award-winning literary fiction
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"A dozen interlinked, musicoriented stories set in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, where Garricks was raised... Each songlike story feels like a breakout hit encapsulating the brokenness and the beauty in lifes soundtrack."Booklist, starred reviewBeautifully woven . . . a magical delight.Hari Kunzru, author of White TearsA Broken Peoples Playlist is set to the soundtrack of life, comprised of twelve musicinspired tales about love, the human condition, micromoments, and the search for meaning and sometimes, redemption. It is also Chimeka Garrickss love letter to his native city, Port Harcourt, introducing us to a cast of indelible characters in these loosely interlocked tales.There is the teenage wannabeDJ eager to play his first gig even as his family disastrously falls apartwho reappears many years later as an unhappy middleaged man drunkcalling his exwife a man who throws a living funeral for his dying brother three friends who ponder penis captivus and ones peculiar erectile dysfunction a troubled woman who tries to find her peaceplace in the world, helped by a headful of songs and a pot of ginger tea.Infused with the authors resonant and evocative storytelling, each page holds the depth of a novel (Hari Kunzru) a character, a moment that willlike a favorite songlong linger in the heart and mind.

SKU: M9780063268197
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Binding: Paperback;224 pages; Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc; Classification: FA; Weight: 296 g; Dimensions: 203 x 135 x 16

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