Deep Cuts

Synopsis

The first time Joe plays Percy one of his songs in his college room in 2000, she instantly realises three things:

One, she is watching a star in the making.

Two, she can shape his music into something extraordinary.

Three, she will always be on the sidelines.

She swallows her jealousy and throws herself into collaboration, transforming Joe’s songs into indie hits with her blistering critiques.

But there’s an undercurrent to the music they’re making – something undeniably electric, hurtling towards love. And then, almost inevitably, towards heartbreak.

As Joe steps into the spotlight, can Percy bear to watch on in silence?

And can he exist there without her?

Deep Cuts is an irresistible novel about passion and obsession, love and longing and, above all, our need to be heard.

Author

Holly Brickley is originally from Hope, British Columbia. She moved to the US at 18, studying English at UC Berkeley before getting an MFA in fiction from Columbia University. Instead of putting this education to any sort of literary use, she spent the next several years running around San Francisco and New York, working in market research and branding, and basically making a career of going out. She now lives with her husband and their two daughters in Portland, Oregon, where she prefers to stay in.