{"product_id":"shackling-water-9781400031597","title":"Shackling Water","description":"At the age of nineteen, saxophone prodigy Latif James-Pearson boards a bus to Manhattan to find his aging idol, the great Albert Van Horn. The centers of Latif's universe soon become a Harlem boarding house, where he spends his days practicing intensely, and the downtown club where Van Horn's group performs and Latif hides in the shadows, listening. There, he begins a complex affair with an older white painter named Mona, and starts working for Say Brother, a charismatic drug dealer. But as Latif's frustrations with his playing mount, and the demands of balancing artistry, hustling, and love push him toward crisis, he is forced to confront his music, his past, and himself. A virtuosic story told with lyrical intensity, \u003cb\u003eShackling Water\u003c\/b\u003e heralds the arrival of an important new voice in American literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adam Mansbach\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/08\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.30w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781400031597\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdam Mansbach was born in 1976. He is the founding editor of the hip hop journal \u003ci\u003eElementary\u003c\/i\u003e, and currently serves as an Artistic Consultant to Columbia University's Center for Jazz Studies. He is the author of the acclaimed poetry collection \u003cb\u003egenius b-boy cynics getting weeded in the garden of delights\u003c\/b\u003e, and a former drum technician for the Elvin Jones Jazz Machine. An MC and performer who collaborates with both jazz and hip hop musicians, he lives in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. His next novel follows three generations of a Jewish family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44302453702771,"sku":"9781400031597","price":18.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_0a37bc7c-91e1-4c8e-97d6-433a5e67cd93.jpg?v=1770901926","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/shackling-water-9781400031597","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}