Coming Through Slaughter

Discover Michael Ondaatje's debut novel, 'a beautifully detailed story, perhaps the finest jazz novel ever written' Sunday TimesBased on the life of cornet player Buddy Bolden, one of the legendary jazz pioneers of turn-of-the-twentieth-century New Orleans, Coming Through Slaughter is an extraordinary recreation of a remarkable musical life and a tragic conclusion. Through a collage of memoirs, interviews, imaginary conversations and monologues, Ondaatje builds a picture of a man who would work by day at a barber shop and by night unleash his talent to wild audiences who had never experienced such playing. But Buddy was also playing the field with two women, and inside his head was a ticking time-bomb which he was unable to stop.

ISBN:	9781784877828
Publisher:	Random House
Imprint:	Vintage Classics
Published date:	01 Dec 2022
DEWEY:	813.54
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	176
Weight:	350g
Height:	198mm
Width:	129mm
Spine width:	15mm

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