Synopsis
“A Perfect Riff on What It Means to Be Human in This Unsettled Age” (Renée Montagne, NPR)—For Readers of Jonathan Tropper and Philip Roth.
Meyer is filled with dread. His fading musical aspirations, his tyrannical CEO, his ex-wives, his exiting girlfriend, his elderly father, his beloved and troublesome children, and his confused and bewildered life all attest to his conviction that the sky will soon fall on his head. And then it does.
This is the story of a man adrift in anxiety, ill fortune, and comic mishap, buffeted by the existential and prosaic concerns that modern life in Los Angeles inflicts. Forty years old, caught in the netherworld between the reckless optimism of youth and the resignation of age, Meyer tries to find handrails and ballast.
Funny, intellectually probing, and poignant, Imperfect Solo follows the flailing and hapless Meyer as he seeks hope and redemption while his world unravels around him. Surrounded by the absurdities of a fading America, the affection of flawed but well-meaning friends and family, and the randomness of everyday life, he tries gamely to stay afloat.
He must navigate love lost and found and lost again, the indignities of aging, the courage to stand up to assholes, and the search for the perfect sax solo. Will Meyer find grace? Can he, or we, ever?
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À propos de l'auteur
Steven Boykey Sidley is an award-winning and multi-shortlisted novelist. He was once a software engineer and can often be seen playing saxophone in bands around town. An American citizen, he lived most of his adult life in the Hollywood depicted in this book. His first novel, Entanglement, won the UJ Debut Fiction Award and was shortlisted for the Sunday Times Fiction Prize and MNet Literary Award in South Africa. His second novel, Stepping Out was shortlisted for the UJ Main Fiction Award. Imperfect Solo is his third novel. So far it has been longlisted for the Sunday Times Fiction Prize in South Africa and selected for Le Grand Livre du Mois, France's most prestigious national literary book club. He currently lives in Johannesburg with his wife, Kate, and their two children.
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Skyhorse Publishing, 2019
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Hardback. Etat : New. "A Perfect Riff on What It Means to Be Human in This Unsettled Age" (Renée Montagne, NPR)-For Readers of Jonathan Tropper and Philip Roth.Meyer is filled with dread. His fading musical aspirations, his tyrannical CEO, his ex-wives, his exiting girlfriend, his elderly father, his beloved and troublesome children, and his confused and bewildered life all attest to his conviction that the sky will soon fall on his head. And then it does.This is the story of a man adrift in anxiety, ill fortune, and comic mishap, buffeted by the existential and prosaic concerns that modern life in Los Angeles inflicts. Forty years old, caught in the netherworld between the reckless optimism of youth and the resignation of age, Meyer tries to find handrails and ballast.Funny, intellectually probing, and poignant, Imperfect Solo follows the flailing and hapless Meyer as he seeks hope and redemption while his world unravels around him. Surrounded by the absurdities of a fading America, the affection of flawed but well-meaning friends and family, and the randomness of everyday life, he tries gamely to stay afloat.He must navigate love lost and found and lost again, the indignities of aging, the courage to stand up to assholes, and the search for the perfect sax solo. Will Meyer find grace? Can he, or we, ever? Read more Continue reading Read less REVIEW"A melancholy, wry, and thoughtful meditation on love, music, and aging . . . Sidley wonderfully captures the hazy, bustling world of LA, and the descriptions of playing are comparable to Richard Powers at his best. Like Joshua Ferris'sThen We Came to an End, the mundanity and frustrations of American corporate experience are depicted with unerring accuracy."-Booklist"Smart, dry, edgily funny. A shrewd and richly disturbing pleasure." -William Boyd"Imperfect Solo is a perfect riff on what it means to be human in this unsettled age-a complex range of notes from the profound, to the tender, to the laugh-out-loud. Anti-hero Joshua Meyer is, like the characters of Martin Amis and the Coen Brothers, hapless and hopeful, brave and bewildered; he is a little bit of all of us. Bravo!"-Renée Montagne, National Public Radio"Worthy of a standing ovation . . . There is perhaps one of the absolute best descriptions in contemporary literature of losing oneself while playing music . .This book is a treat for many reasons, but for the music lover, it truly resonates."-Debbie Burke, author of Glissando"If you like Philip Roth you will like Steven Boykey Sidley. They both created a middle class hero, average in everything, loud mouthed, funny, and desperate. Meye appeals to us as if we were sitting in the first row of a club listening to him with emotion, at times carried away by his joy, other times touched by the melancholy of his change. Life is but a jazz solo, ephemeral and intoxicating, and this book is a real success." -Elle (France)"A chiseled novel you won't put down." -Marie Claire (France)"A smart and funny novel about the horro. N° de réf. du vendeur LU-9781510731806
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Skyhorse Publishing, 2019
ISBN 10 : 1510731806
ISBN 13 : 9781510731806
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Hardback. Etat : New. "A Perfect Riff on What It Means to Be Human in This Unsettled Age" (Renée Montagne, NPR)-For Readers of Jonathan Tropper and Philip Roth.Meyer is filled with dread. His fading musical aspirations, his tyrannical CEO, his ex-wives, his exiting girlfriend, his elderly father, his beloved and troublesome children, and his confused and bewildered life all attest to his conviction that the sky will soon fall on his head. And then it does.This is the story of a man adrift in anxiety, ill fortune, and comic mishap, buffeted by the existential and prosaic concerns that modern life in Los Angeles inflicts. Forty years old, caught in the netherworld between the reckless optimism of youth and the resignation of age, Meyer tries to find handrails and ballast.Funny, intellectually probing, and poignant, Imperfect Solo follows the flailing and hapless Meyer as he seeks hope and redemption while his world unravels around him. Surrounded by the absurdities of a fading America, the affection of flawed but well-meaning friends and family, and the randomness of everyday life, he tries gamely to stay afloat.He must navigate love lost and found and lost again, the indignities of aging, the courage to stand up to assholes, and the search for the perfect sax solo. Will Meyer find grace? Can he, or we, ever? Read more Continue reading Read less REVIEW"A melancholy, wry, and thoughtful meditation on love, music, and aging . . . Sidley wonderfully captures the hazy, bustling world of LA, and the descriptions of playing are comparable to Richard Powers at his best. Like Joshua Ferris'sThen We Came to an End, the mundanity and frustrations of American corporate experience are depicted with unerring accuracy."-Booklist"Smart, dry, edgily funny. A shrewd and richly disturbing pleasure." -William Boyd"Imperfect Solo is a perfect riff on what it means to be human in this unsettled age-a complex range of notes from the profound, to the tender, to the laugh-out-loud. Anti-hero Joshua Meyer is, like the characters of Martin Amis and the Coen Brothers, hapless and hopeful, brave and bewildered; he is a little bit of all of us. Bravo!"-Renée Montagne, National Public Radio"Worthy of a standing ovation . . . There is perhaps one of the absolute best descriptions in contemporary literature of losing oneself while playing music . .This book is a treat for many reasons, but for the music lover, it truly resonates."-Debbie Burke, author of Glissando"If you like Philip Roth you will like Steven Boykey Sidley. They both created a middle class hero, average in everything, loud mouthed, funny, and desperate. Meye appeals to us as if we were sitting in the first row of a club listening to him with emotion, at times carried away by his joy, other times touched by the melancholy of his change. Life is but a jazz solo, ephemeral and intoxicating, and this book is a real success." -Elle (France)"A chiseled novel you won't put down." -Marie Claire (France)"A smart and funny novel about the horro. N° de réf. du vendeur LU-9781510731806
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