Tenorman: A Novella

by David Huddle

Playing music so compelling and seductive it "could unhook a bra," Eddie Carnes has made the saxophone his life. Now, at age 60, he has moved from Sweden to Maryland and agreed to allow every aspect of his life to be recorded and studied as part of a research project.
The project's director, Henry McKernan, whose life and marriage has become lackluster, is increasingly drawn to the intensity of Eddie's world. Through Henry's narration and tape recordings of conversations between Eddie and Thelma Watkins, a savvy woman he meets, unfolds this beguiling story of intertwined lives.

121 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1995

About the author

David Huddle (Born 11 July 1942) is an American multi-genre writer. His poems, essays, and short stories have appeared in Esquire, Harper's Magazine, The New York Times Magazine, Story, The Autumn House Anthology of Poetry, and The Best American Short Stories. His work has also been included in anthologies of writing about the Vietnam War.

Reviews

[Zeynep Şen · Rating 4 out of 5]

A touching and cute story. Admittedly, the dialogues - or rather monologues - felt a bit unnatural or even forced at times. Nonetheless certain scenes and moment grip at you and on the whole, the story does sweep you away.

[Morgan (Turbo) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Simple and sweet. If you like jazz I think you would like this book. One of my favorite things about this book is the Tenorman's Philosophy "timing is the secret to most human interactions" (57)

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

thoughtful, sad book just this side of profoundly moving