Picador Collection Trumpet
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Winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize ‘Rich, taut and compelling’ – Melvyn Bragg, The Guardian ‘An accomplished display of vocal versatility’ – The Literary Review The 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. **‘Kay carefully registers the technical difficulties of transgendered life . . . She leaves us with a broad landscape of sweet tolerance and familial love’ – The New York Times Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern** literature.
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Winner of the Guardian Fiction Prize ‘Rich, taut and compelling’ – Melvyn Bragg, The Guardian ‘An accomplished display of vocal versatility’ – The Literary Review The 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. **‘Kay carefully registers the technical difficulties of transgendered life . . . She leaves us with a broad landscape of sweet tolerance and familial love’ – The New York Times Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern** literature.
AmazonPages: 304, Edition: 1, Paperback, Palgrave Macmillan
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