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Trumpet

Jackie Kay

Paperback | Pages: 278 pages

Rating: 4.05 | 4243 Users | 332 Reviews

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Original Title:	Trumpet
ISBN:	0375704639 (ISBN13: 9780375704635)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Guardian Fiction Award (1998), Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Longlist (1999), Authors' Club Best First Novel Award (1998), International Dublin Literary Award Nominee for Shortlist (2000)

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In her starkly beautiful and wholly unexpected tale, Jackie Kay delves into the most intimate workings of the human heart and mind and offers a triumphant tale of loving deception and lasting devotion. The death of legendary jazz trumpeter Joss Moody exposes an extraordinary secret, one that enrages his adopted son, Colman, leading him to collude with a tabloid journalist. Besieged by the press, his widow Millie flees to a remote Scottish village, where she seeks solace in memories of their marriage. The reminiscences of those who knew Joss Moody render a moving portrait of a shared life founded on an intricate lie, one that preserved a rare, unconditional love.

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Title	:	Trumpet
Author	:	Jackie Kay
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 278 pages
Published	:	July 11th 2000 by Vintage (first published August 21st 1998)
Categories	:	Fiction. LGBT. GLBT. Queer

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Trumpet by Jackie Kay follows the family of a famous jazz trumpeter, Joss Moody, as they deal with the fall out of a secret that is revealed following his death. Written twenty years ago, its easy to think that the themes of racism, sexuality and belonging in Trumpet would be handled differently now. However, I fear this may not be the case, making Trumpet as relevant now as it was then. Beautifully written, I so wanted to give Trumpet five stars, but, without creating a spoiler, I would loved

I've read this book twice, shortly after its publication and recently for a book-club discussion. The prose is lovely and the story compelling. However, I did not understand what motivated any of the major characters to do the things they did, excluding the son Colman. Millicent's love of Joss and grief upon losing him was written about in a convincing manner. However, I did not understand her character fully. She didn't seem to have any substance aside from loving Joss and holding his secret. I

This is one of the best books all year. And heartbreaking. And maybe not the best book to be reading right after I was diagnosed with cancer and life is so scary and uncertain. But then again, maybe it is the best book to be reading.

This book was a sensitive, complex memoir style fiction about the life and loves of a trans-man. When Joss moody the famous trumpet player dies, his family and friends need to come to terms with stuff they never knew about his past. Theoretically this book owes a lot to Judith Butler showing very clearly that gender is a performance, and also the odd way that what you see depends partly on your vantage point, players create gender together as a social effect not purely as an individual choice

What a beautiful book!



This is the first Jackie Kay novel I've read and it was enjoyable, but there was a deeply upsetting aspect to it. The story follows the loved ones of late Jazz musician Joss Moody, who upon his death, it is revealed he is actually a woman. Now the narrative does skip between a few different people, some of whom aren't particularly sensitive considering pronouns, though I do see this is very realistic it is still upsetting. Still it was an enjoyable and interesting narrative, the story was