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Beautiful Music

by Michael Zadoorian
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"[An] eight-track flashback of a novel set in 1970s Detroit" from the international bestselling author of The Narcissism of Small Differences (O, the Oprah Magazine, Summer 2018 Reading List).
Set in early 1970s Detroit, a divided city still reeling from its violent race riot of 1967, Beautiful Music 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.
But 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, Beautiful Music is a touching story about the power of music and its ability to save one's soul.
"A sweet and endearing coming-of-age tale measured in album tracks." —The Wall Street Journal
"For Danny, cracking the seal on a fresh piece of wax and dissecting cover art and liner notes are acts of nigh religious experience that unveil to him a community of fellow rockers across Detroit . . . It's in these small moments—a lonely boy experiencing premature nostalgia—that Zadoorian shines." —The Washington Post
"A disturbing yet humorous tale of beleaguered adolescence in 1970s Motor City." —Steve Miller, author of Detroit Rock City

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    May 26, 2021

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      • ISBN: 9781617756443
      • File size: 2214 KB

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      • ISBN: 9781617756443
      • File size: 2402 KB

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