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- 1994
- year of publication
- 608
- pages
- English (United Kingdom)
- language
- Softcover
- cover
- Publisher
- penguin_classics
- ISBN-13
- 978-01-4018-799-1
- EAN
- 9780140187991
- Publication date
- 1994-10-27
- Book
- Just Above My Head · 4 editions
The publisher on this edition
This is the fictional story of the great gospel singer Arthur Montana. Arthur was found dead in the basement of a London pub at the age of thirty-nine, yet he lies on in this memoir. Written by Hall, his brother and manager, it is in part a subtle and moving study of the treacherous ebb and flow of memory. Set against a vividly drawn background of the civil rights movement of the sixties, Just Above My Head explores how Arthur discovers his love for Jimmy - 'with his smile like a lantern and a voice like Saturday nights' - and portrays how profoundly racial politics can shape the private business of love.
