'Where do I begin?Her name was Brandi. I cannot tell you her surname. She lived close to New York; her exact town I must not name. She was a singer of a certain genre and played a certain instrument. Can I say the instrument? Maybe. It was a guitar.My name is James, but I think I'll call myself Jacob.This is just a story.

'Regarded as James Shapiro's most daring work yet, both direct and disturbing, 'Brandi' crosses the bridge between fiction and reality and is a story that you will never be able to forget.