The Piano Tuner
by:
Daniel Mason (author)
In 1886 a shy, middle-aged piano tuner named Edgar Drake receives an unusual commission from the British War Office: to travel to the remote jungles of northeast Burma and there repair a rare piano belonging to an eccentric army surgeon who has proven mysteriously indispensable to the imperial...
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In 1886 a shy, middle-aged piano tuner named Edgar Drake receives an unusual commission from the British War Office: to travel to the remote jungles of northeast Burma and there repair a rare piano belonging to an eccentric army surgeon who has proven mysteriously indispensable to the imperial design. From this irresistible beginning, The Piano Tuner launches its protagonist into a world of seductive loveliness and nightmarish intrigue. And as he follows Drake’s journey, Mason dazzles readers with his erudition, moves them with his vibrantly rendered characters, and enmeshes them in the unbreakable spell of his storytelling.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781400030385 (1400030382)
ASIN: 1400030382
Publish date: August 19th 2003
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Travel,
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
American,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Asia,
Music
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