{"product_id":"beautiful-music-paperback-by-michael-zadoorian","title":"Beautiful Music Paperback by Michael Zadoorian","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eAkashic Books, Ltd.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2018-05-08)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e336\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781617756177\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e368.55\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eA funny, poignant, thoughtfully rendered novel about love, fear, death, race, music, and the intense passions of youth.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eBeautiful Music\u003c\/i\u003e is a sweet and endearing coming-of-age tale measured in album tracks.” —\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“An exceptional, engaging, and compelling read from first page to last.” —\u003ci\u003eMidwest Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSet in early 1970s Detroit, a divided city still reeling from its violent race riot of 1967, \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Music\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of one young man’s transformation through music. Danny Yzemski is a husky, pop radio–loving loner balancing a dysfunctional homelife with the sudden harsh realities of freshman year at a high school marked by racial turbulence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut after tragedy strikes the family, Danny’s mother becomes increasingly erratic and angry about the seismic cultural shifts unfolding in her city and the world. As she tries to hold it together with the help of Librium, highballs, and breakfast cereal, Danny finds his own reason to carry on: rock and roll. In particular, the drum and guitar–heavy songs of local legends like the MC5 and Iggy Pop. In the vein of Nick Hornby and Tobias Wolff, yet with a style very much Zadoorian’s own, \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Music\u003c\/i\u003e is a touching story about the power of music and its ability to save one’s soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMICHAEL ZADOORIAN\u003c\/b\u003e is the critically praised author of\u003ci\u003e Beautiful Music\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eThe Leisure Seeker\u003c\/i\u003e—the basis for the 2018 Sony Pictures Classics film starring Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland. Zadoorian is a recipient of a Kresge Artist Fellowship in the Literary Arts, the Columbia University Anahid Literary Award, the Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award, the GLIBA Great Lakes Great Reads award, and a Michigan Notable Book Award. His other books are \u003ci\u003eSecond Hand: A Novel\u003c\/i\u003e, and the story collection \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has appeared in the\u003ci\u003e Literary Review, Beloit Fiction Journal, American Short Fiction, Witness, Great Lakes Review, North American Review, Detroit Noir,\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. A lifelong resident of the Detroit area, he lives with his wife in a 1937 bungalow filled with cats and objects that used to be in the houses of other people. His latest novel is \u003ci\u003eThe Narcissism of Small Differences\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46556169339041,"sku":"BBSNIJ9781617756177","price":22.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9781617756276.jpg?v=1781807328","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/beautiful-music-paperback-by-michael-zadoorian","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}