All That Follows

by JimCrace (Author)

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  2011

  $3.34

  Leonard Lessing once cast a spell on stage, hypnotizing crowds with his improvised jazz, easy in his music, at home in the moment. Now, home is somewhere he never leaves. His sax is silent, his marriage faltering, his stepdaughter vanished, and his life shrinking - until one afternoon the TV brings news he can't ignore. A figure from his firebrand past has arrived in town, with hair-raising results. Can Leonard face the limelight one last time?

  `Rich, cleverly constructed . . . a funny, heartwarming and hugely enjoyable read' Herald

  `All That Follows sends an artist in the doldrums on a quest to recover his valour. Crace writes gloriously' Independent

  `Alive and kicking . . . Crace writes with real feel and imagination about music' Sunday Times

  `Blending comedy with a touch of pathos, this is an unexpectedly joyful novel' Daily Mail

• Used

  Paperback
  2011

  $110.23

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  Hardcover
  2010

  $3.34

  A gunman seizes hostages a short drive from Leonard Lessing's house. His face leaps out of the evening news - and out of Leonard's own past . . .

  Lennie Lessing is a jazzman taking a break. His glory days seem to be behind him, his body is letting him down, and rather than continue to take on the world, he relives old gigs and feeds his media addiction during solitary days at home. Increasingly estranged from his busy wife Francine, who is herself mourning the sudden absence of her only daughter, Leonard has found his own groove: suburban and safe from surprises. He could continue like this for years. Then comes the news bulletin that threatens to change everything.

  Leonard has a choice to make.

  Set in England, 2024, and George Bush's Texas, 2006, this hypnotic novel wonders whether a life full of sound and fury signifies more than a life lived quietly, and asks what it truly means to love, to believe, and to be courageous.