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A Broken People's Playlist: Stories (from Songs)

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Availability:In StockContributor:Chimeka GarricksPublish date:1/21/2025Pages:224
Language:EnglishPublisher:HarperviaISBN-13:9780063268197ISBN-10:63268191UPC:9780063268197Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, World Literature, Short Stories (single author)Book Topic:AfricaSize:8.20 x 5.20 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.4012Product ID:SCZ0KTJVR1

"A dozen interlinked, music-oriented 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 life's soundtrack."--Booklist, starred review

"Beautifully woven . . . a magical delight."--Hari Kunzru, author of White Tears

A Broken People's Playlist is set to the soundtrack of life, comprised of twelve music-inspired tales about love, the human condition, micro-moments, and the search for meaning and sometimes, redemption. It is also Chimeka Garricks's 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 wannabe-DJ eager to play his first gig even as his family disastrously falls apart--who reappears many years later as an unhappy middle-aged man drunk-calling his ex-wife; a man who throws a living funeral for his dying brother; three friends who ponder penis captivus and one's peculiar erectile dysfunction; a troubled woman who tries to find her peace-place in the world, helped by a headful of songs and a pot of ginger tea.

Infused with the author's resonant and evocative storytelling, each page holds "the depth of a novel" (Hari Kunzru); a character, a moment that will--like a favorite song--long linger in the heart and mind.

Language:EnglishPublisher:HarperviaISBN-13:9780063268197ISBN-10:63268191UPC:9780063268197Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, World Literature, Short Stories (single author)Book Topic:AfricaSize:8.20 x 5.20 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.4012Product ID:SCZ0KTJVR1
Garricks, Chimeka: -

Chimeka Garricks is a Nigerian-Irish writer, editor, screenwriter, and script doctor. His work includes a collection of short stories, A Broken People's Playlist, a novel, and a script in development. He lives in the United Kingdom.

Publisher: Harpervia

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