{"product_id":"beautiful-music-paperback","title":"Beautiful Music - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Zadoorian\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eBeautiful Music\u003c\/em\u003e is a sweet and endearing coming-of-age tale measured in album tracks.\" --\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An exceptional, engaging, and compelling read from first page to last.\" --\u003cem\u003eMidwest Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in early 1970s Detroit, a divided city still reeling from its violent race riot of 1967, \u003cem\u003eBeautiful Music\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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, \u003cem\u003eBeautiful Music\u003c\/em\u003e is a touching story about the power of music and its ability to save one's soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Zadoorian\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the critically praised \u003ci\u003eThe Leisure Seeker\u003c\/i\u003e--now a film starring Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland, released by Sony Pictures Classics this year. Zadoorian is a recipient of a Kresge Artist Fellowship in the Literary Arts, the Columbia University Anahid Literary Award, the Great Lakes Colleges Association New Writers Award, and the Michigan Notable Book Award. His other books are \u003ci\u003eSecond Hand: A Novel, \u003c\/i\u003e and the story collection \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Tiki Palaces of Detroit.\u003c\/i\u003e His fiction has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review, Beloit Fiction Journal, American Short Fiction, Witness, Great Lakes Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNorth American Review.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives with his wife in the Detroit area.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.31 x 5.75 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42700962005055,"sku":"9781617756276","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/5dbb0a3bf1d42ff7726aa5e0e631d249.webp?v=1765018828","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/beautiful-music-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}