Another Kind of Madness

Fiction

Another Kind of Madness

“A full-bodied literary achievement bustling with sweat, regret, and sound.” —KIESE LAYMON
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Ndiya Grayson returns to her childhood home of Chicago as a young professional, but even her high-end job in a law office can’t protect her from half-repressed memories of childhood trauma. One evening, vulnerable and emotionally disarrayed, she goes out and meets her equal and opposite:

Shame Luther, a no-nonsense construction worker by day and a self-taught piano player by night. The love story that ensues propels them on an unforgettable journey from Chicago’s South Side to the coast of Kenya as they navigate the turbulence of long-buried pasts and an uncertain future.

A stirring novel tuned to the clash between soul music’s vision of our essential responsibility to each other and a world that breaks us down and tears us apart, Another Kind of Madness is an indelible tale of human connection.

Keywords: 
Africa, african, American, black, blues, chicago, cultural, culture, experimental, fiction, funk, fusion, intense, jazz, Kenya, lawyers, literary, love, men, music, musicians, novels, piano, players, poetic, relationships, romantic, soul, south side, trauma, women
ISBN:
9781571311344
Publish Date: 
04/14/2020
Pages: 
388
Size: 
5.5 × 8.5 × 1 in
Weight: 
19 oz
Author

Ed Pavlić is the author of Call It in the Air and Visiting Hours at the Color Line, as well as a novel, Another Kind of Madness.

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