{"product_id":"the-last-holiday-a-memoir-book","title":"The Last Holiday: A Memoir (Book)","description":"Format: Trade paperback, 5\" x 8\", 336 pp. \u003cbr\u003eLabel: Canongate \u003cbr\u003eYear: 2017  \u003cbr\u003eCondition: New \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nAn unfinished autobiographical memoir tracing from Gil Scott-Heron's upbringing in Tennessee to his budding career as a novelist to his emergence as a notable cultural and musical figure. The narrative culminates with his role in the national movement to make Martin Luther King's birthday a US federal holiday.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003c!-- audio --\u003e \nA highly influential and widely admired singer, pianist, poet, novelist and socio-political commentator, Gil Scott-Heron was a unique and major figure in global music, rightfully among the musical laureates of the 1970s and 1980s like Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and Bob Marley. A prolific recording artist at his peak - which coincided with his decade as a Washingtonian - his politically charged and sonically liberated output won him an international following.\n","brand":"Gil Scott-Heron","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47726833139965,"sku":null,"price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0516\/9384\/6695\/files\/Book-TheLastHoliday-frt.jpg?v=1781721680","url":"https:\/\/spintimerecords.com\/products\/the-last-holiday-a-memoir-book","provider":"Spin Time Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}