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Trumpet by Jackie Kay; Ali Smith is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Trumpet about?

At its center is Joss Moody, a celebrated jazz trumpeter who created music that convinced everyone who heard it that they knew the man who made it. But Joss's death has proved them all wrong: Joss Moody lived his life inside a stunning secret. His wife, Millie, had known about it. But their adopted son, Colman, now in his thirties, has just learned of it. With everything he understood about himself and his family thrown into question, Colman forms an uncomfortable alliance with a journalist intent on telling Joss's story her own way. Millie, grieving and besieged by the press, secludes herself in their home in a small Scottish village, sinking into the aching solace of memory. Their two brilliantly realized voices -- one revisiting the past for comfort, the other for answers -- are interwoven with the equally evocative voices of Joss's drummer, of the doctor who discovered Joss's secret, of the funeral director who hid it for the last time, of the registrar of death certificates, and of the journalist. Together they reveal the startling and poignant story of Joss and Millie: how a complex, dazzling lie became the foundation for a family, a life, and a rare, unshakable love.

Who reads Trumpet?

Author

Jackie Kay; Ali Smith

Publisher

Picador; imusti

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781447289494

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Music

Rating

4.01 / 5 (80 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14