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1. Percival , Everett

Serious Music

It turned out that my music had never left me. It had been stolen, yes, but not stolen away. I had simply never been free to play it . . .When Arthur Champion, a gifted young music scholar, is sent away to war, he experiences the horrors of the Somme trenches. Surviving the slaughter, he begins to forge a new life for himself, discovering the profound, subversive power of his own musical voice.His extraordinary odyssey takes him from playing in the jazz clubs of Paris to performing for Woodrow Wilson in the White House, and back again, his only constant companions his humour, his abiding love for music, and the racism of the age. This is a profoundly moving novel about trauma, survival, and the weaponization of art.Serious Music is the outstanding story of a young Black man's struggle to find his place in a world that resents his very existence. It is sure to cement Percival Everett's reputation as one of America's greatest writers.'An American master at the peak of his powers' - Financial Times

1. John Boyne

The Weight of Angels

John Boyne is one of our best authors writing today. The Weight of Angels is wise, imaginative, funny, and extremely moving. Art and Life, Tragedy and Love, you’ll find them all here in this rich and magnificent novel.

1. Sebastian Barry

The Newer World

For fans of Train Dreams, All the Pretty Horses and West, an immersive and unforgettable novel about one man's life in the aftermath of the American Civil War.

1. Percival , Everett

Ich bin Nicht Sidney Poitier

Ein Name als Provokation, ein Leben als Satire.Portia Poitier nennt ihren Sohn 'Nicht Sidney', um ihn von dem berühmten Schauspieler zu unterscheiden. Nach dem Tod der Mutter ist der Elfjährige plötzlich Milliardär, CNN-Miteigentümer und Mündel von Ted Turner. Zwischen Rassenwahn, Starkult und Klassenkampf stolpert er durch Verhaftungen, Mordfälle und Identitätsfragen. Eine rabenschwarze, urkomische Reise durch Amerika, auf der Percival Everett sich auf dem Höhepunkt seiner satirischen Kraft zeigt.

Percival Everett

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Percival Everett (born 1956) is an American writer and Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Southern California.Everett lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife, novelist Danzy Senna.While completing his MFA degree at Brown University, Everett wrote his first novel, Suder (1983), about Craig Suder, a Seattle Mariners third baseman in major league slump, both on and off the field. Everett's second novel, Walk Me to the Distance (1985), was later re-interpreted with an altered plot as an ABC TV movie entitled Follow Your Heart. In this novel, David Larson returns from Vietnam and attempts to find the retarded son of a one-legged sheep rancher in Slut's Whole, Wyoming. Cutting Lisa (1986; re-issued 2000) begins with John Livesey meeting a man who has performed a caesarean section that prompts the protagonist to evaluate his relationships.

1. Andrea Levy

Small Island

The multi-award-winning, million copy bestseller... 'the literary equivalent of a switch-back ride' - Sunday Times