{"product_id":"but-beautiful-9780857864024","title":"But Beautiful","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLester Young fading away in a hotel room; Charles Mingus storming down the streets of New York on a too-small bicycle; Thelonius Monk creating his own private language on the piano... \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn eight poetically charged vignettes, Geoff Dyer skilfully evokes the embattled lives of the players who shaped modern jazz. He draws on photos and anecdotes, but music is the driving force of \u003ci\u003eBut Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e and Dyer brings it to life in luminescent and wildly metaphoric prose that mirrors the quirks, eccentricity, and brilliance of each musician''s style.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRemarkable...there can be few books on jazz written with such tenderness and care. -- Adam Lively *  * Times Literary Supplement *  *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBut Beautiful\u003c\/i\u003e is just that. A moving and highly original tribute to Black American Music. -- Bryan Ferry\u003cbr\u003eAs intricate a mixture of biographical essay and make-believe as is likely to be written. *  * New York Times *  *\u003cbr\u003eThe only book about jazz that i have recommended to my friends. It is a little gem. -- Keith Jarrett","brand":"Canongate Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48866095169879,"sku":"9780857864024","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857864024.jpg?v=1722277009","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/but-beautiful-9780857864024","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}