The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings audiobook

The Ballad of Perilous Graves

By Alex Jennings
Original score written and performed by Andrew McGowan
Read by Gralen Bryant Banks

Redhook, Hachette Book Group 9780759557192

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • 3 Formats: CD
  • 3 Formats: Library CD
  • 3 Formats: Playaway

  • ISBN: 9781668615898

  • ISBN: 9781668615881

  • ISBN: 9781668622469

Runtime: 17.25 Hours
Category: Fiction/Fantasy
Audience: Adult
Language: English
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Summary

Summary

A #1 Amazon bestseller

A New York Times Best Book of 2022

An Oprah Daily Pick of Best Books of 2022

A Vulture.com Pick of Best Books of the Year

An io9/Gizmodo of the Year's Best Books

A Boston Public Library Pick of Best Books of 2022

A New York Times Book Review pick of Best Books Now in Paperback

"Funny, wild, witty, and profound.”―Victor LaValle

"A wild and wonderful debut, teeming with music, family and art."—New York Times

"Magical, lyrical, gritty, otherworldly…hype like Bayou Classic in the 90s."—P. Djèlí Clark

New York Times Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Book of 2022! Oprah Daily Top 25 Fantasy Book of 2022! Apple Best Audiobook of 2022!

A fun and fantastical love letter to New Orleans unfolds when a battle for the city's soul brews between two young mages, a vengeful wraith, and one powerful song in this wildly imaginative debut. 

Nola is a city full of wonders. A place of sky trolleys and dead cabs, where haints dance the night away and Wise Women help keep the order. To those from Away, Nola might seem strange. To Perilous Graves, it’s simply home.

Perry knows Nola’s rhythm as intimately as his own heartbeat. So when the city’s Great Magician starts appearing in odd places and essential songs are forgotten, Perry knows trouble is afoot.

Nine songs of power have escaped from the piano that maintains the city’s beat, and without them, Nola will fail. Unwilling to watch his home be destroyed, Perry will sacrifice everything to save it. But a storm is brewing, and the Haint of All Haints is awake. Nola’s time might be coming to an end.

Audiobook features an Original score written and performed by Andrew McGowan

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“Wild and wonderful…teeming with music, family and art.” —New York Times
“A literary and music-filled adventure…a must read.” —Locus
“Full to bursting with surreal ideas, gloriously unique characters, unapologetic Blackness, and a soul-deep love for New Orleans and its people.” —Vulture
“New Orleans comes to magical, undead, vibrant life in the pages of this book…An incredible, evocative, syrupy book that will not fail to enchant you.” —io9
“Weaves a brilliant tapestry…with wonderful imagery—living graffiti and personified songs and zombie nutria.” —Booklist (starred review)
“The unmistakable love for New Orleans that emanates from these pages will stick in readers’ heads—and hearts—like the catchiest of tunes.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
A hallucinatory wonder of a debut with hints of dark humor and the intellectual challenge of Samuel Delaney. Brimming with language and music, this phantasmagoric novel taps the deep root of multi-cultural, multi-racial life in, and beyond, New Orleans. It’s an electrifying trip with zombie cabbies, sentient blues songs, parading graffiti tags, and the child mages Perilous “Perry” Graves, his sister Brendy and their best friend Peaches who must outwit, outstomp, and outplay to save NOLA’s, their city’s, our city’s, soul. —Walter Mosley, New York Times bestselling author
Alex Jennings did not come here to play. He came to swing, stride, and make prose sing. This novel is funny, wild, witty, and profound. The Ballad of Perilous Graves is the debut of a cosmic storm of talent. —Victor LaValle, author of The Changeling
A spectacularly original re-imagining of the myths and legends of New Orleans brought vividly to life through Jennings' wondrous prose. The Ballad of Perilous Graves is not only an engrossing adventure but a potent homage to the beating heart of one of the world's most magical cities. —Ladee Hubbard, author of The Talented Ribkins
Alex Jennings has composed a beautiful song full of magic and rhythm, darkness and delight. A profoundly gorgeous debut. —Christina Henry, author of Near the Bone and Horseman
The Ballad of Perilous Graves takes readers on a glorious, gorgeously sinister, and phantasmagorical journey through New Orleans, in the company of an unforgettable hero and a cast of magical characters so real I ached to live in their world.  A stunning debut that is sure to become a classic. —Elizabeth Hand, author of Generation Loss and Hokuloa Road
An enchanting, energetic, wild ride of a story set to a staccato melody. The electric prose leaps off the page in a riot of colors and sounds. An astounding debut that will leave readers hungry for more. —Leslye Penelope, author of The Monsters We Defy
Brimming with heart and imagination, The Ballad of Perilous Graves is a wild, dark and joyful love song to New Orleans, the power of stories, and hope in the face of destruction. A spectacular debut. —H. G. Parry, author of A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians
I enjoyed The Ballad of Perilous Graves tremendously. Jennings writes with an energy and a profusion of imagination and vividness that carries you off to a secret New Orleans where music is magic. Brilliant! —Katherine Addison, author of The Goblin Emperor
Jennings’s post-Katrina haunted NOLA breathes fresh energy into modern Fantasy. His lyrical prose dances to a rhythm all its own. —Stina Leicht, author of Persephone Station
Jennings takes the reader on an intimate tour of New Orleans and her mirror-twin, the equally seductive and even stranger city of Nola. Jennings has an unsurpassed ear for New Orleans dialogue, and his tale is scary, sweet, lyrical, and real. —Poppy Z. Brite
Like any good trip through New Orleans, The Ballad of Perilous Graves is both magical and musical, the result is a book you both see and hear. In other words, both an unforgettable story and an experience. —Rion Amilcar Scott, author of The World Doesn't Require You: Stories

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Author

Author Bio: Alex Jennings

Author Bio: Alex Jennings

Alex Jennings is an award-winning narrator and actor of stage and screen. He has worked extensively with the Royal Shakespeare Company and National Theatre. He is also known for his role as Edward VIII, the Duke of Windsor, in the Netflix series The Crown, along with his roles in The Queen, Lady in the Van, and The Wings of the Dove. He is a three-time Olivier Award winner and has been nominated for a BAFTA.

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Author Bio: Alex Jennings

Author Bio: Alex Jennings

Alex Jennings was born on Wiesbaden, Germany, in 1979. Since then, he has lived with his diplomat father and the rest of his family in Gaborone, Botswana, Paramaribo, Surinam, Tunis, Tunisia, and the D.C. area. Some of his preoccupations include Afrofuturism, comic books, horror media, and standup comedy. Influences include Octavia E. Butler, Nisi Shawl, Victor Lavalle, Junot Diaz, and Jazz. You can find him on twitter or instagram as @magicknegro

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Details

Details

Available Formats : CD, Library CD, Playaway
Category: Fiction/Fantasy
Runtime: 17.25
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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