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White Tears by Hari Kunzru
A PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD FINALISTONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post * San Francisco Chronicle * NPR * GQ * Time * The Economist * Slate * HuffPost * Book Riot
Ghost story, murder mystery, love letter to American music--White Tears is all of this and more, a thrilling investigation of race and appropriation in society today.
Seth is a shy, awkward twentysomething. Carter is more glamorous, the heir to a great American fortune. But they share an obsession with music--especially the blues. One day, Seth discovers that he's accidentally recorded an unknown blues singer in a park. Carter puts the file online, claiming it's a 1920s recording by a made-up musician named Charlie Shaw. But when a music collector tells them that their recording is genuine--that there really was a singer named Charlie Shaw--the two white boys, along with Carter's sister, find themselves in over their heads, delving deeper and deeper into America's dark, vengeful heart. White Tears is a literary thriller and a meditation on art--who owns it, who can consume it, and who profits from it.
Hari Kunzru, author of White Tears and The Impressionist, has been selected one of Granta's 20 Outstanding Fiction Writers Under 40. The Impressionist was a nominee for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and was named one of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2002. It was also shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award, the Whitbread First Novel Award, and a British Book Award.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781101973219 |
| ISBN 10 | 1101973218 |
| Title | White Tears |
| Author | Hari Kunzru |
| Series | Vintage Contemporaries |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2018-02-06 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for James Tait Black Memorial Prize 2018, Short-listed for PEN/Jean Stein Book Award 2017, Short-listed for Rathbones Folio Prize 2018 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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