{"product_id":"serious-music-by-percival-everett-hardback","title":"Serious Music By Percival Everett (Hardback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003ePublished: \u003cstrong\u003e23\/03\/2027\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenres: Historical Fiction - Fiction - Music - Literary Fiction - Historical - Race - War\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-waterstones-says\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePropelled by his trademark wit and bracing candour, one of America's greatest living writers paints a vivid portrait of a talented Black musician adrift in a world that resents his very existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"scope_book_description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'It turned out that my music had never left me. It had been stolen, yes, but not stolen away. I had simply never been free to play it . . .'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Arthur Champion, a gifted young music scholar, is sent away to war, he experiences the horrors of the Somme trenches. Surviving the slaughter, he begins to forge a new life for himself, discovering the profound, subversive power of his own musical voice.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis extraordinary odyssey takes him from playing in the jazz clubs of Paris to performing for Woodrow Wilson in the White House, and back again, his only constant companions his humour, his abiding love for music, and the racism of the age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSerious Music \u003c\/em\u003eis the outstanding story of a young Black man’s struggle to find his place in a world that resents his very existence. It is a profoundly moving novel about trauma, survival, and the weaponization of art, and it is sure to cement Percival Everett’s reputation as one of our greatest living writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"publisher-information\" class=\"pdp-spec\"\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003ePublisher information\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublisher: \u003cspan\u003ePan Macmillan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eISBN: \u003cspan\u003e9781035092345\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNumber of pages: \u003cspan\u003e304\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDimensions: \u003cspan\u003e234 x 153 mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLanguage: \u003cspan\u003eEnglish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Starlight Library","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":68054998122809,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"IQD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0951\/4624\/6457\/files\/81CukDpOzvL._SL1500.jpg?v=1794432857","url":"https:\/\/starlightlibrary.shop\/products\/serious-music-by-percival-everett-hardback","provider":"Starlight Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}