{"product_id":"the-spyglass-tree-isbn-9780679730859","title":"The Spyglass Tree","description":"By “our premier writer about jazz and the blues . . . and a fictional tale spinner in the grand Southern tradition” (\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eThe Spyglass Tree\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply affecting novel of elegant, lyrical reminiscence and profound sophistication about a young black man’s advent into the world of academia—an imaginary Alabama college—in the 1930s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdmist the excitement of the world of ideas and adventures with new friends, Scooter sallies into “the territory of the blues,” where recollection becomes legend. Here he learns to deal with the vicissitudes of life—the complexities of family ties and camaraderie, his sexuality, pride of excellence in school, the darker realities of history and human passion—through confrontation and improvisation, and with style and courage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eThe Spyglass Tree\u003c\/i\u003e] strikes a perfect balance between the black folk tradition and Faulknerian rumination. . . . One reads this very fine novel for the glissando effect of its language, the vibrancy of its characters and the unabashed pleasure Mr. Murray takes in nostalgia for its own sake . . . with level-headed clarity and honesty.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlbert Murray\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Omni-Americans, Stomping the Blues, The Hero and the Blues, South to a Very Old Place, Conjugations and Reiterations\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFrom the Briarpatch File\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the coauthor of\u003ci\u003e Good Morning Blues: The Autobiography of Count Basie\u003c\/i\u003e and the coeditor of\u003ci\u003e Trading Twelves: The Selected Letters of Ralph Ellison and Albert Murray\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York City.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300862218469,"sku":"NP9780679730859","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780679730859.jpg?v=1767741636","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-spyglass-tree-isbn-9780679730859","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}