What they say
A music journalist suffers a crisis of faith in Miami. Young London goes hip-hop crazy circa 1988…Old friends make a belated attempt to reconnect disparate lives, and a social recluse finds an unexpected companion in a Victorian cemetery. Threaded with the constant pulse of music, A Book of Blues explores both physical and internal landscapes via the never-ending diversity of human relationships.
What I say
Courttia Newland offers readers a great range of voices, viewpoints, settings and circumstances within this collection. My own favourite is Anatomy of Man in which our media savvy author treats us to a comic photo shoot and his ability to surprise us when we make assumptions of how individual tales will pan out. Longstanding fans will enjoy the stories set in West London and the short story format enables us to enjoy more of Courttia’s range. I look forward to seeing the author in person at Lewisham Library on 24 November.
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