Wholesale Broken People's Playlist, A : Chimeka Garricks

Chimeka Garricks Stories (from Songs) Paperback FICTION/Literary A crackling, interlinked story collection introducing a vital new voice in African literature—inspired by an eclectic playlist of beloved songs. “Beautifully woven. . . . Garricks is a supreme storyteller, and he manages to take us on an absorbing tour of joy and loss. . . . A magical delight.”—Hari Kunzru, author of White Tears ## Consisting of twelve music-inspired tales, A Broken People’s Playlist is a literary soundtrack vibrating with life, a symphonic blend of flawed people loving, hurting, and finding healing in the most unlikely places. In these loosely interlocked stories, Garricks centers his native city of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, and its inhabitants through raw, evocative language and a cast of indelible characters whose experiences—their dreams and mistakes, betrayals and heartbreaks—will tug at your fragile heart. There is the teenage wannabe-DJ eager to play his first gig even as his family disastrously falls apart, the woman in a toxic relationship who runs into her childhood sweetheart and decides to give love another chance, the man who throws a living funeral for his dying brother, three friends who ponder one’s peculiar erectile dysfunction, and many more characters looking for meaning and redemption. Infused with the author’s rhythmic storytelling, sublime wit, and insight, each page will spark something in you and—like a favorite song—long linger in the heart and mind.