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Trumpet by Jackie Kay

ISBN: 9780330331463
Release Date: 27 Aug 1999
Average rating: (read by 10 members)

Categories: Modern fiction

Celebrated trumpeter Joss Moody has died and the jazz world is in mourning. But in death, Joss can no longer guard the secret he kept all his life, and Colman, his adoring son, must confront the truth: the man whom he believed to be his father was, in fact a woman.

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	singerman
	Rated it 6 months ago

This is an entertaining book that deals with issues of race, gender and sexuality.

	readwell Full Review
	Rated it 7 months ago

When reading this book you can tell the author is also a poet. Various people have their own chapter or chapters and each voice is distinctive. The story is fascinating it covers the subject of identity in a variety of ways, including race and...

	eilidhmccabe Full Review
	Rated it 9 months ago

I love this. It's a refreshing approach to some tricky subject matter, written in gorgeous prose that manages to convey a clear sense of sadness whilst still steering clear of excessive sentimentality. It's one of those books that made me feel...

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