Thursday, January 4, 2007

The Music in My Head

Bought "The Music in my Head". Liked the cover because of the title (its the kind of title I'd like to have used, for something). The author fills the book with "African" music facts. I like that sort of thing (e.g. Loved "High Fidelity" the movie made off of Nick Hornby's book, because of the music trivia). The book explores his (platonic) relationship with a musician. This is interesting because although the main character has an elitist take on "Africa" in general, his relationship with the musician ties him into the local picture. This occasionally pulls him out of the bubble within which most expat people write about developing countries. Don't have the book with me now, but will add to the post when I dig it up again...

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