Canongate will publish British classical pianist James Rhodes‘ memoir Instrumental on May 28 as an ebook and the following week in hardcover after the UK Supreme Court overturned an injunction that banned publication. The injunction resulted from a lawsuit by Rhodes’ former wife, who claimed publication of the memoir, which details Rhodes’ childhood sexual abuse by his teacher, “were so disturbing that their son [who suffers from Asperger’s Syndrome] would suffer catastrophic psychological distress if he were to read it.” In delivering the judgment Lord Toulson wrote: “There is every justification for the publication. A person who has suffered in […]
