{"product_id":"but-beautiful-a-book-about-jazz-9780312429478","title":"But Beautiful: A Book about Jazz","description":"\u003cp\u003eMay be the best book ever written about jazz.--David Thomson, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn eight poetically charged vignettes, Geoff Dyer skillfully evokes the music and the men who shaped modern jazz. Drawing on photos, anecdotes, and, most important, the way he hears the music, Dyer imaginatively reconstructs scenes from the embattled lives of some of the greats: Lester Young fading away in a hotel room; Charles Mingus storming down the streets of New York on a too-small bicycle; Thelonious Monk creating his own private language on the piano. However, music is the driving force of \u003ci\u003eBut Beautiful, \u003c\/i\u003e and wildly metaphoric prose that mirrors the quirks, eccentricity, and brilliance of each musician's style.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312429478\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 227\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 6.14w x 0.65d","brand":"Geoff Dyer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635886059676,"sku":"9780312429478","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e4b14b42-85ba-4986-9826-c3b25e5ae61b.jpg?v=1603840798","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/but-beautiful-a-book-about-jazz-9780312429478","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}