Joss Moody is a renowned British trumpeter. Black and Scottish, he is something of an anomaly in life and more so in death when he is found to be female. The novel focuses on the way his death affects those closest to him his wife, Millie, who has long known his secret, and their adopted son, Colman, whose hurt and anger at discovering his father's true gender lead him to collaborate with a tabloid journalist on a sordid book about his family. From The Booker Tea Reading Room