{"product_id":"9781782391647-orfeo","title":"Orfeo","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of BEWILDERMENT. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA major and thrilling new novel that explores private fears, public hysteria and the art of music, by one of America's most important living writers\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBY THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED \u003ci\u003eBEWILDERMENT \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eTHE OVERSTORY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE\u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE FOLIO PRIZE\u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE IMPAC DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComposer Peter Els opens the door one evening to find the police on his doorstep. His amateur science lab - the latest experiment in his lifelong attempt to find music in the most surprising places - has aroused the suspicions of Homeland Security. Panicked by the raid, Els turns fugitive. As an internet-fuelled hysteria erupts, Els - the 'Bioterrorist Bach' - pays a final visit to the people he loves, those who shaped his musical journey. Together, they hatch a plan to turn this disastrous collision with state security into a work that will reawaken a nationwide audience to the glorious sounds and symphonies that lie hidden all around them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Sweet, funny, sad and haunting. A formidably intelligent, ecstatically noisy novel' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40945402937441,"sku":"9781782391647","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/stand_6992461_jpg.jpg?v=1706861359","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781782391647-orfeo","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}