{"product_id":"9781035038961","title":"Trumpet - Jackie Kay","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Guardian Fiction Prize`Rich, taut and compelling' - Melvyn Bragg, The Guardian`An accomplished display of vocal versatility' - The Literary ReviewThe death of legendary jazz trumpeter Joss Moody exposes an extraordinary secret. Unknown to all but his wife Millie, Joss was a woman living as a man. The discovery is most devastating for their adopted son, Colman, whose bewildered fury brings the press to the doorstep and sends his grieving mother to the sanctuary of a remote Scottish village.   Trumpet by Jackie Kay is a starkly beautiful modern classic about the lengths to which people will go for love. It is a moving story of a shared life founded on an intricate lie, of loving deception and lasting devotion, and of the intimate workings of the human heart.   `Kay carefully registers the technical difficulties of transgendered life . . . She leaves us with a broad landscape of sweet tolerance and familial love' - The New York TimesPart of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jackie Kay","offers":[{"title":"304 pages \/ 05\/09\/2024 \/ Modern \u0026 contemporary fiction (post c 1945)","offer_id":56966981321079,"sku":"9781035038961","price":9.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9781035038961.jpg?v=1775133329","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9781035038961","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}