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020 _a9781782391647
082 _a813.54
_bPOW
100 _aPowers, Richard
245 _aOrfeo
260 _bAtlantic Books,
_aLondon,
_c2014
300 _a369 pages; 24 cm
365 _a499.00
520 _a"Seventy-year old avant-garde composer Peter Els opens the door one evening to find the police outside. His DIY microbiology lab - the latest experiment in his lifelong attempt to extract music from rich patterns beyond the ear's ability to hear - has come to the attention of Homeland Security. Panicked by the raid on his house, Els flees and turns fugitive, waiting for the evidence to clear him and for the alarm surrounding his activities to blow over. But alarm turns to national hysteria, as the government promises a panicked nation that the 'Bioterrorist Bach' will be found and brought to trial. As Els feels the noose around him tighten, he embarks on a cross-country trip to visit, one last time, the people in his past who have most shaped his failed musical journey. And through the help of these people - his ex-wife, his daughter, and his longtime artistic collaborator - Els comes up with a plan to turn this disastrous collision with national security into one last, resonant, calamitous artwork that might reach an audience beyond his wildest dreams."
650 _aComposers
650 _aComposers Fiction
650 _aFiction
650 _aGeneral Musical fiction
650 _aMystery fiction
650 _aSuspense fiction
650 _aThrillers (Fiction)
650 _aTime travel
650 _aTime travel Fiction
650 _aUnited States
650 _aUnited States Fiction
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