Deep Cuts
A Novel
Holly Brickley
- NATIONAL
- BESTSELLER
- •
- “Tender
- as
- a
- ballad
- and
- pleasurable
- as
- a
- pop
- song,
- Deep
- Cuts
- is
- both
- a
- romp
- into
- the
- indie
- sleaze
- era
- of
- the
- early
- aughts
- and
- a
- timeless
- love
- story.”—Coco
- Mellors,
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- author
- of
- Blue
- Sisters“Deep
- Cuts
- will
- live
- alongside
- all
- the
- unforgettable
- music
- that
- Holly
- writes
- about
- so
- beautifully,
- with
- her
- whole
- heart.”—Cameron
- Crowe,
- Academy
- Award–winning
- writer/director
- of
- Almost
- FamousLook,
- the
- song
- whispered
- to
- me,
- that
- day
- in
- my
- living
- room.
- Life
- can
- be
- so
- big.It’s
- a
- Friday
- night
- in
- a
- campus
- bar
- in
- Berkeley,
- fall
- of
- 2000,
- and
- Percy
- Marks
- is
- pontificating
- about
- music
- again.
- Hall
- and
- Oates
- is
- on
- the
- jukebox,
- and
- Percy—who
- has
- no
- talent
- for
- music,
- just
- lots
- of
- opinions
- about
- it—can’t
- stop
- herself
- from
- overanalyzing
- the
- song,
- indulging
- what
- she
- knows
- to
- be
- her
- most
- annoying
- habit.
- But
- something
- is
- different
- tonight.
- The
- guy
- beside
- her
- at
- the
- bar,
- fellow
- student
- Joe
- Morrow,
- is
- a
- songwriter.
- And
- he
- could
- listen
- to
- Percy
- talk
- all
- night.Joe
- asks
- Percy
- for
- feedback
- on
- one
- of
- his
- songs—and
- the
- results
- kick
- off
- a
- partnership
- that
- will
- span
- years,
- ignite
- new
- passions
- in
- them
- both,
- and
- crush
- their
- egos
- again
- and
- again.
- Is
- their
- collaboration
- worth
- its
- cost?
- Or
- is
- it
- holding
- Percy
- back
- from
- finding
- her
- own
- voice?Moving
- from
- Brooklyn
- bars
- to
- San
- Francisco
- dance
- floors,
- Deep
- Cuts
- examines
- the
- nature
- of
- talent,
- obsession,
- belonging,
- and
- above
- all,
- our
- need
- to
- be heard.
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