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Not for the faint-hearted, Art Pepper’s autobiography is painfully honest as the great saxophonist describes a life of drugs, alcohol and the occasional foray into crime, having spent five of his best years incarcerated in San Quentin.
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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.
The result is an autobiography like no other, a masterpiece of the spoken word, shaped into a genuine work of literature.
| Weight | 0.41 kg |
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| Dimensions | 19.8 × 12.9 × 3.7 cm |
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| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 624 |
| Language | English |
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| Dewey | 781.65092 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
