{"product_id":"rare-singles-benjamin-myers","title":"Rare Singles (Benjamin Myers)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA warm, tender and funny story about unlikely friendships, second chances, and the magic of soul music \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Selected as a book of 2024 by the \u003ci\u003eGuardian,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/i\u003e**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A book of rare charm by a writer who understands the magic of music' Ian Rankin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn entertaining tale of grit, fecklessness and Northern Soul' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The book you didn't know you need' Bobby Palmer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A tale of soul music and second chances' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eThe laureate of friendship, a chronicler of unexpected, transformative connection' Wendy Erskine\u003cbr\u003e'A meditation on grief, love, and the redemptive power of music' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e____________________________________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDinah has always lived in Scarborough. Trapped with her feckless husband and useless son, her one release comes at her town's Northern Soul nights, where she gets to put on her best and lose herself in the classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDinah has an especial hero: Bucky Bronco, who recorded a string of soul gems in the late Sixties and then vanished off the face of the earth. When she manages to contact Bucky she can't believe her luck.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver in Chicago, Bucky Bronco is down on his luck - and has been since the loss of his beloved wife Maybelle. The best he can hope for is to make ends meet, and try and stay high.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut then an unexpected invitation arrives, from someone he's never met, to come to somewhere he's never heard of. With nothing to lose - and in need of the cash - Bucky boards a plane.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd so Bucky finds himself in rainy Scarborough, where everyone seems to know who is - preparing to play for an audience for the first time in nearly half a century. Over the course of the week, he finds himself striking up new and unexpected friendships; and facing his past, and its losses, for the very first time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A writer who continues to build a rich and bold body of work on his own terms' Ronán Hession\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWise, hilarious and profound, \u003ci\u003eRare Singles \u003c\/i\u003eis an unforgettable story about the power of music and friendship to bring us back to ourselves.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenjamin Myers was born in Durham in 1976. He is the author of ten books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Offing\u003c\/i\u003e, which was an international bestseller and selected for the Radio 2 Book Club; \u003ci\u003eThe Gallows Pole\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Walter Scott Prize for historical fiction and has been adapted as a BBC series by Shane Meadows; \u003ci\u003eBeastings \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was awarded the Portico Prize for Literature, and \u003ci\u003ePig Iron\u003c\/i\u003e which won the inaugural Gordon Burn Prize. He has also published non-fiction, poetry and crime novels and his journalism has appeared in publications including the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTLS,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCaught by the River \u003c\/i\u003eand many more. He lives in the Upper Calder Valley, West Yorkshire.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e benjaminmyerswriter.com \/ @BenMyers1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 224 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65825218855261,"sku":"K098047653","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9804765300001A.jpg?v=1788674322","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/rare-singles-benjamin-myers","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}