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AQA (A) Literature: ‘The struggle for identity in modern literature’
Jackie Kay’s jazz novel Trumpet blends the pathos of the ordinary with an extraordinary struggle for identity, as characters deal with love, mortality and the question of what constitutes an authentic self. Kay layers multiple perspectives in a musical style, and the death of Joss Moody, the transgender trumpet player at the centre of the novel, reverberates throughout the piece.
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