{"product_id":"coming-through-slaughter-michael-ondaatje-9780679767855","title":"Coming Through Slaughter","description":"Bringing to life the fabulous, colorful panorama of New Orleans in the first flush of the jazz era, this book tells the story of Buddy Bolden, the first of the great trumpet players--some say the originator of jazz--who was, in any case, the genius, the guiding spirit, and the king of that time and place. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this fictionalized meditation, Bolden, an unrecorded father of Jazz, remains throughout a tantalizingly ungraspable phantom, the central mysteries of his life, his art, and his madness remaining felt but never quite pinned down. Ondaatje's prose is at times startlingly lyrical, and as he chases Bolden through documents and scenes, the novel partakes of the very best sort of modern detective novel--one where the enigma is never resolved, but allowed to manifest in its fullness. Though more 'experimental' in form than either \u003ci\u003eThe English Patient\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eIn the Skin of a Lion\u003c\/i\u003e, it is a fitting addition to the renowned Ondaatje \u003ci\u003eoeuvre\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Ondaatje\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0679767851\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780679767855\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.18w x 0.43d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e58645 \/ Coming Through Slaughter\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Michael Ondaatje","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44050826592511,"sku":"9780679767855","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_71ea5ccc-78d4-447a-b737-2f1e15a9fad4.jpg?v=1685009470","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/coming-through-slaughter-michael-ondaatje-9780679767855","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}