FUNK INVESTIGATORS, ALBERTO ZANINI

A contemporary, autobiographical road trip that connects the
present with the popular culture of the 20th century and pays tribute to the history of African American music.

In the winter of 2014, Alberto Zanini loses his job as head of sales at a multinational corporation and watches the seemingly perfect life he has worked so hard to build for years crumble. Overnight, he finds himself fifty years old, with two children, a marriage in crisis, and a mortgage he can barely afford. The only thing keeping him sane is soul music, the music of the soul, of which he is passionate, a DJ, and a collector. One day, on a rare record auction site, an old tape recorded by an unknown artist catches his eye. That tape will be the starting point of a journey to the heart of the old African American music scene: Detroit, the city of Motown. There, he becomes obsessed with Lee Dowell, a mysterious musician who seems to have vanished, leaving behind an unfinished recording. Through interviews with artists and promoters from that era, he tries to track down Lee, while delving into the dark side of a business with too many victims in the closet.

This book is a story of personal growth, a geographical journey through contemporary and temporal America.
the golden years of the African American music industry. It will appeal equally to lovers of 1960s music and
seventies and like fans of travel books. /Soul music lovers; interested in 20th-century American culture;
Interested in African American culture; followers of travel literature

• Binding: Paperback with flaps
• Dimensions: 13.5x21
• Translator: Guillermo Pérez
• Number of pages: 252