{"product_id":"they-shot-the-piano-player-by-fernando-trueba-9781914224249","title":"They Shot the Piano Player","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn investigation and celebration of the origins of the world-renowned Latino musical samba-jazz movement Bossa Nova, \u003cem\u003eThey Shot the Piano Player\u003c\/em\u003e captures a fleeting time bursting with creative freedom at a turning point in Latin American history in the '60s and '70s, before the continent was riven by totalitarian regimes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrancisco Tenório Cerqueira Júnior, born in Rio de Janeiro, was one of the most recognised musicians of the samba-jazz movement. At 3 a.m. on 18 March 1976, after giving a concert at the Gran Rex in Buenos Aires, the 34-year-old pianist went out to get some cigarettes. He was never seen again. What happened that night?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the question that moves the narrator of this documentary graphic novel to initiate an investigation into the fateful events that led to the death of a musician destined to change the course of Brazilian music forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47341475725548,"sku":"9781914224249","price":64.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/14910983482869.jpg?v=1772192533","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/they-shot-the-piano-player-by-fernando-trueba-9781914224249","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}