{"product_id":"a-broken-peoples-playlist-beautifully-woven-stories-of-love-music-and-the-human-condition-from-port-harcourt-nigeria","title":"A Broken People's Playlist: Beautifully Woven Stories of Love, Music, and the Human Condition from Port Harcourt, Nigeria","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"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\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Beautifully woven . . . a magical delight.\"--Hari Kunzru, author of White Tears\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThere 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInfused 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780063268197\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Garricks, Chimeka","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £8.60","offer_id":47908903321777,"sku":"SB-0063268191-C3","price":8.6,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0063268191.jpg?v=1789622144","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-broken-peoples-playlist-beautifully-woven-stories-of-love-music-and-the-human-condition-from-port-harcourt-nigeria","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}