Sudden Noises from Inanimate Objects: A Novel in Liner Notes
Christopher Miller$14.41
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Written as liner notes to fictional music, Christopher Miller's uproarious debut novel skewers conventions in a work of high entertainment and imagination. In Sudden Noises from Inanimate Objects, the complete works of the prodigiously cranky composer Simon Silber get their diablolical due from Silber's official biographer -- a man who grows to hate his subject. Not content with simply discussing Silber's odd musical oeuvre -- whose highlights include an hourlong performance of the "Minute Waltz," an etude composed on a telephone keypad, and a transcription of crow caws -- the commentator veers into a delightfully venomous exposé of a musician whose grandiose ambitions far exceed his actual talent.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: 07/19/2004
ISBN: 9780618382781
Pages: 271
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 7.98h x 4.92w x 0.70d