SWING SYMPHONY Christopher Lawrence - Another Midlife Adventure in the South of France

An offbeat travel memoir from the South of France.

This is a used travel book in very good condition: nice and clean with only minor wear; some rubbed-out bookseller pencil marks on title page. See photos for cover blurb and sample page(s). The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

Publisher's blurb: 'Swing Symphony' is a witty and affectionate celebration of eccentricity, orgasms, and the challenge of being middle-aged.

Guided by his stride' piano-playing, 78 record collector friend Booker, Christopher Lawrence's search for a new song' takes him to a medieval village in the South of France. The cast includes the reclusive American cartoonist R Crumb; Pete, the world's foremost Zorro enthusiast; and the persuasive Nini, doyenne of the disproportionately large contingent of piano tuners.

By exploring an exciting time in popular music when Duke Ellington, Artie Shaw, Benny Goodman and others made Swing the Thing, Lawrence learns that "in order to swing, one first had to be able to hang loose". But most of all, he discovers the welcome intervention of unlikelihood that can happen when one stops for a while to see the show.

Book Details

Code: SKU1158

Condition: See notes and photos below

Binding: Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Pages: 224

Published: 2004 by Knopf, Australia

ISBN: 1740512103

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