Sound

(Paperback, Main)

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Set on the Jersey Shore over the course of one long Summer, Sound is the story of Cincey, a young man who returns, somewhat reluctantly, to his childhood town and takes up a job as a boatyard manager. The town is saturated with nostalgia and melancholy for Cincey, as he attempts to oversee the eclectic employees at Trenton's, he struggles to find meaning in a place that seems only to offer mundanity - until one day he meets Vera, and suddenly his purpose becomes clear.

A poignant love affair with an incredibly atmospheric setting - Cincey's search of meaning and his battle to get the girl are brilliantly evoked using the form of a musical score, with the reader 'hearing' the book as it is read; dialogue, thought, backgrounds, heartbeats and hip-hop soundtrack are layered throughout the pages.

A haunting and emotive story, enriched by a highly unusual new form - Sound rings out with a simple understated clarity.

Author Bio

Tom 'T. M.' Wolf was born and grew up on the Jersey Shore. He is a graduate of Yale Law School, and his writings on music, technology, culture and law have appeared in PopMatters, Stylus, Okayplayer, the Stanford Technology Law Review, Undercover Magazine and The Foundation: A Mixtape Magazine. Sound is his first novel.