{"product_id":"a-broken-peoples-playlist-stories-from-songs","title":"A Broken People's Playlist: Stories (from Songs)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\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.\"--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Beautifully woven . . . a magical delight.\"--Hari Kunzru, author of \u003ci\u003eWhite Tears\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis character-driven short story collection, \u003ci\u003eA Broken People's Playlist\u003c\/i\u003e, 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":"Harpervia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51947297865959,"sku":"9780063268197","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_f742b913-cb86-465f-8a2f-e42c69dfedbc.jpg?v=1775486268","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/a-broken-peoples-playlist-stories-from-songs","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}