{"product_id":"a-broken-peoples-playlist-chimeka-garricks-9798212212533","title":"A Broken People's Playlist: Stories (from Songs)","description":"\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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Beautifully woven . . . a magical delight.\"--Hari Kunzru, author of White Tears\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chimeka Garricks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 821221253X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798212212533\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e MP3 CD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.69h x 5.35w x 0.63d","brand":"Chimeka Garricks","offers":[{"title":"MP3 CD","offer_id":44075347476735,"sku":"9798212212533","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b602404d-17d8-410e-ae15-5948c5526bcc.jpg?v=1685458886","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-broken-peoples-playlist-chimeka-garricks-9798212212533","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}