{"product_id":"coming-through-slaughter-by-michael-ondaatje-9781784877828","title":"Coming Through Slaughter","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichael Ondaatje's incredible debut novel of Jazz and strife, published for the first time in Vintage Classics alongside his memoir, \u003cem\u003eRunning in the Family\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDiscover Michael Ondaatje's debut novel, \u003cem\u003e'a beautifully detailed story, perhaps the finest jazz novel ever written'\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBased on the life of cornet player Buddy Bolden, one of the legendary jazz pioneers of turn-of-the-twentieth-century New Orleans, \u003cem\u003eComing Through Slaughter\u003c\/em\u003e is an extraordinary recreation of a remarkable musical life and a tragic conclusion. Through a collage of memoirs, interviews, imaginary conversations and monologues, Ondaatje builds a picture of a man who would work by day at a barber shop and by night unleash his talent to wild audiences who had never experienced such playing. But Buddy was also playing the field with two women, and inside his head was a ticking time-bomb which he was unable to stop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46271906185452,"sku":"9781784877828","price":27.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781784877828.jpg?v=1742262302","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/coming-through-slaughter-by-michael-ondaatje-9781784877828","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}