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IMPERFECT SOLOA DARK COMEDY OF RANDOM MISFORTUNE

by Steven Boykey Sidley

Paperback287 pages2014

IMPERFECT SOLO - A DARK COMEDY OF RANDOM MISFORTUNE

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"This is the story of a man adrift in anxiety, ill-fortune and comic mishap, buffeted by the existential and prosaic concerns that modern life in Los Angeles inflicts. Forty years old, caught in the netherworld between the reckless optimism of youth and the resignation of age, Meyer tries to find handrails and ballast. Funny, intellectually probing and poignant, the story follows the flailing and hapless Meyer seeking hope and redemption as his world unravels around him. Surrounded by the absurdity of an ageing America, the affection of flawed but well-meaning friends and family and the randomness of everyday life, Meyer tries gamely to stay afloat. He must navigate love lost and found and lost, the indignities of ageing, the courage to stand up to assholes and the search for the perfect sax solo. Will Meyer find his grace? Can he, or we, ever?"--Author's website.

Book details

Author
Steven Boykey Sidley
Format
Paperback
Pages
287
Language
eng
Publisher
Picador Africa
Published
2014
ISBN
9781770103542