A warm, tender and funny story about unlikely friendships, second chances, and the magic of soul music

'A book of rare charm by a writer who understands the magic of music' Ian Rankin
'An entertaining tale of grit, fecklessness and Northern Soul' Daily Telegraph
'The book you didn't know you need' Bobby Palmer
'A tale of soul music and second chances' Guardian
'The laureate of friendship, a chronicler of unexpected, transformative connection' Wendy Erskine
'A meditation on grief, love, and the redemptive power of music' Observer

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Dinah has always lived in Scarborough. Trapped in an unhappy marriage, her one release comes at her town's Northern Soul nights, where she gets to lose herself in the classics.

Over in Chicago, Bucky Bronco has been down on his luck since the loss of his beloved Maybellene. The best he can hope for is to make ends meet, and try and stay high. But then an invitation arrives, from someone he's never met, to come to somewhere he's never heard of. In need of the cash, Bucky boards a plane.

And so he finds himself in rainy Scarborough, where everyone seems to know who he is - preparing to play for an audience for the first time in nearly half a century...

Wise, hilarious and profound, Rare Singles is an unforgettable story about the power of music and friendship to bring us back to ourselves.