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Coming Through Slaughter by Michael Ondaatje [rare books]

Coming Through Slaughter by Michael Ondaatje [rare books]

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Michael Ondaatje’s debut novel, originally published in 1976, offers a haunting, lyrical fictionalization of the last days of Buddy Bolden, the legendary—but largely undocumented—New Orleans cornet pioneer often credited as a father of Dixieland jazz Set in early 1900s Storyville, the narrative is sculpted in fragments, riffs, and syncopated rhythms akin to jazz itself: scenes leap unpredictably between characters and voices, conveying Bolden’s descent into mental fragmentation as creativity and madness entwine.

Told through shifting perspectives—including Bolden himself, his detective friend Webb, and the photographer E. J. Bellocq—the novel is part ghost story, part investigative drama. Webb’s quest to locate Bolden after his abrupt disappearance illuminates both the musician’s exhilarating nights and inner turmoil. Bolden's triumphant performance at a parade becomes the tragic catalyst for his breakdown and confinement in an asylum, after which his life—and music—cease. Critically acclaimed as “perhaps the finest jazz novel ever written,” the book’s form and tone mirror both the music and madness of its subject 

About the Author: 

Philip Michael Ondaatje (born September 12, 1943, in Colombo, Sri Lanka) is a Sri Lankan–Canadian poet, novelist, and essayist celebrated for his innovative style and cinematic prose. Launching his literary career as a poet—winning the Governor General’s Award in 1970 for The Collected Works of Billy the Kid—he transitioned into fiction with Coming Through Slaughter, which garnered the 1976 Books in Canada First Novel Award.

Ondaatje’s later works like The English Patient (which won the Booker Prize in 1992 and was adapted into an Oscar-winning film) and Anil’s Ghost cemented his international reputation. A key figure in contemporary Canadian literature, he currently lives in Toronto and continues to blend poetry, history, and memory across genres with emotional intensity and stylistic daring

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