Description
| Product ID: | 9781838857950 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Canons |
| Title: | Straight Life: The Story Of Art Pepper |
| Authors: | Author: Art Pepper, Laurie Pepper |
| Page Count: | 624 |
| Subjects: | Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Autobiography: arts & entertainment |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Straight Life, originally narrated on tape to his wife Laurie, is an explosive work chronicling his work amidst a life dealing with alcoholism, heroin addiction, armed robberies and imprisonment. The result is an autobiography like no other, a masterpiece of the spoken word, shaped into a genuine work of literature. Art Pepper was described as the greatest alto-saxophonist of the post-Charlie Parker generation. Straight Life, originally narrated on tape to his wife Laurie, is an explosive work chronicling his work amidst a life dealing with alcoholism, heroin addiction, armed robberies and imprisonment. |
| Imprint Name: | Canongate Canons |
| Publisher Name: | Canongate Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-11-03 |