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 ) |
