The Best Of Jackson Payne: A Novel

The Best of Jackson Payne: A Novel

Product Description When Charles Quinlan, an academic obsessed with jazz, starts exploring the life and death of Jackson Payne, a fictional tenor-sax player, he can't imagine where his research will lead. Told in a series of dazzling riffs by everyone from Payne's lovers to his fellow musicians, The Best of Jackson Payne is a novel that swings unlike any other. From the Inside Flap When Charles Quinlan, an academic obsessed with jazz, starts delving into the life and death of saxophone virtuoso, Jackson Payne, he can't imagine where his research will lead. Told in a series of dazzling riffs by everyone from Payne's lovers to his fellow musicians, The Best of Jackson Payne is part murder mystery, part exploration into an electrifying world of passion and music. From the Back Cover When Charles Quinlan, an academic obsessed with jazz, starts delving into the life and death of saxophone virtuoso, Jackson Payne, he can't imagine where his research will lead. Told in a series of dazzling riffs by everyone from Payne's lovers to his fellow musicians, The Best of Jackson Payne is part murder mystery, part exploration into an electrifying world of passion and music. About the Author Jack Fuller was editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune and a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for his journalism. He served as special assistant to Edward H. Levi in the Department of Justice.