Books
by Daniel Mason
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The Piano Tuner |
A debut novel with echoes of Conrad. The 19th C journey of a piano tuner to the depths of the Burmese jungle to repair a piano owned by a British Surgeon Major who uses poetry, medicine and music to quell uprisings, much to his superiors' unease. You follow the journey through Europe, the Red Sea, India and finally to Burma where the adventure really begins and the piano tuner's life is turned on its head.
(Christine Miller - bwl 17 February 2003) |
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The Piano Tuner |
London 1886, unassuming Edgar Drake is summoned by the War Office to travel to the jungles of Burma to tune a rare grand piano owned by an enigmatic Surgeon-Major. As he journeys, familiar ties are loosened and he surrenders to the captivating spell of the places he encounters and the people he meets: soldiers, story-tellers, bandits, a mysterious woman, the doctor himself. Nothing is as it seems, only the piano is a constant. Intensely readable.
(Jenny Baker - bwl 29 April 2005) |
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The Piano Tuner |
In 1886 the British War Office reluctantly agrees to send a piano tuner to the jungles of Burma to tune the piano of a highly influential British army doctor. Although the War Office is secretive about many details of the assignment, the middle-aged Edgar Drake dutifully accepts the commission, packs up his tools and heads for Burma. What follows is an adventure story that will stay with you long after the last page.
(Sharron Calkins - bwl 110 Autumn 2023) |
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