Sudden Noises from Inanimate Objects: A Novel in Liner Notes - Paperback

FormatBook

Language English

ISBN-13 / SKU 9780618382781

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by Christopher Miller (Author)

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.

Number of Pages: 271

Dimensions: 0.7 x 7.98 x 4.92 IN

Publication Date: July 19, 2004

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