Coming Through Slaughter
by Michael Ondaatje
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Based on the life of a legendary jazz musician in turn-of-the-century New Orleans, this novel creates an almost documentary sense of verisimilitude through a collage of fragmented memoirs.
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Publisher Vintage Books |
Date 1996 |
Price $4.71 |
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Publisher Norton |
Date 1976 |
Price $16.48 |
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Publisher Penguin Group USA |
Date 1990 |
Price $2.70 |
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Publisher Notes
The life of the pioneering New Orleans jazz musician, Buddy Bolden, is portrayed in a combination of fiction, fact, and poetry.
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