I see this book got some well-deserved love on @FontsInUse@typo.social but Thomas’s wonderul Minérale to one side: I just finished reading it, and I can’t praise it highly enough. The phrase tour de force can be overused, but it’s perfectly apt here. Even if you think you aren’t that interested in the interconnections of global music: you are.

Bonus: Boyd himself reads the audiobook, and it’s a treat.

https://www.faber.co.uk/product/9780571360000-and-the-roots-of-rhythm-remain/