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Ghost story, murder mystery, love letter to American music - White Tears is all of this and more, a thrilling investigation of race and appropriation in society today."Record collecting turns dangerous in a smart, time-bending tale about cultural appropriation. A well-turned and innovative tale that cannily connects old-time blues and modern-day minstrelsy." - Kirkus ReviewsTwo twenty-something New Yorkers. Seth is awkward and shy. Carter is glamorous and the heir to one of America's great fortunes. They have one thing in common: an obsession with music. Seth is desperate to reach for the future. Carter is slipping back into the past. When Seth accidentally records an unknown singer in a park, Carter sends it out over the Internet, claiming it's a long-lost 1920s blues recording by a musician called Charlie Shaw. When an old collector contacts them to say that their fake record and their fake bluesman are actually real, the two young white men, accompanied by Carter's troubled sister Leonie, spiral down into the heart of the nation's darkness, encountering a suppressed history of greed, envy, revenge, and exploitation."Kunzru’s graceful writing is exquisitely attuned to his mater

Who reads White Tears : A Novel?

Author

Kunzru, Hari

Publisher

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9780451493705

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Horror

Rating

3.73 / 5 (1,763 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14