{"product_id":"9780063268197","title":"A Broken People's Playlist : Stories (from Songs)","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Garricks, Chimeka \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 13\/03\/2025,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 224 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780063268197,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\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“Beautifully woven . . . a magical delight.”—Hari Kunzru, author of White TearsThis character-driven short story collection, 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.\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","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57582093828469,"sku":"9780063268197","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780063268197.jpg?v=1789631397","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780063268197","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}