A Broken People's Playlist book by Chimeka Garricks
By Chimeka GarricksA 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.
Book details
- Paperback
- 224 pages
- English
- 0063268183
- 9780063268180
About Chimeka Garricks
chimeka garricks is a nigerian irish lawyer, editor and writer, born in dublin and raised in port harcourt. he would rather choose soundtracks for movies o Read More about Chimeka Garricks
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