Winner of the Guardian Fiction PrizelsquoRich, taut and compellingrsquo ndash Melvyn Bragg, The GuardianlsquoAn accomplished display of vocal versatilityrsquo ndash The Literary ReviewThe death of legendary jazz trumpeter Joss Moody exposes an extraordinary secret. Unknown to all but his wife Millie, Joss was a woman living as a man. The discovery is most devastating for their adopted son, Colman, whose bewildered fury brings the press to the doorstep and sends his grieving mother to the sanctuary of a remote Scottish village.Trumpet by Jackie Kay is a starkly beautiful modern classic about the lengths to which people will go for love. It is a moving story of a shared life founded on an intricate lie, of loving deception and lasting devotion, and of the intimate workings of the human heart.lsquoKay carefully registers the technical difficulties of transgendered life . . . She leaves us with a broad landscape of sweet tolerance and familial loversquo ndash The New York TimesPart of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.

Binding: Paperback;320 pages; Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Int Ltd - MDL; Classification: FA; Weight: 334 g; Dimensions: 198 x 130 x 13

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