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Sudden Noises from Inanimate Objects: A Novel in Liner Notes

Sudden Noises from Inanimate Objects: A Novel in Liner Notes

Miller, Christopher

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HumorGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 061838278X
ISBN13: 9780618382781
Publisher: Mariner Books
Published: Jul 19 2004
Pages: 271
Weight: 0.57
Height: 0.70 Width: 4.92 Depth: 7.98
Language: English

Written as liner notes to fictional music, Christopher Miller's uproarious debut novel skewers conventions in a work of high entertainment and imagination. In Sudden Noises from Inanimate Objects, the complete works of the prodigiously cranky composer Simon Silber get their diablolical due from Silber's official biographer -- a man who grows to hate his subject. Not content with simply discussing Silber's odd musical oeuvre -- whose highlights include an hourlong performance of the Minute Waltz, an etude composed on a telephone keypad, and a transcription of crow caws -- the commentator veers into a delightfully venomous exposé of a musician whose grandiose ambitions far exceed his actual talent.

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