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Highlights
- Alexander Otkazov is a failed pianist trying to start a new life in journalism.
- About the Author: André Forget was born in Toronto and raised in Mount Forest, Ontario.
- 328 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
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About the Book
Alexander Otkazov is a failed pianist trying to start a new life in journalism. But when he starts reporting on a mysterious group of avant-garde musicians, the story takes him into a shadowy world of obscure composers, megalomaniac artists, and real estate barons, where the lines between art, finance, and fraud blur and the stakes are existential.Book Synopsis
Alexander Otkazov is a failed pianist trying to start a new life in journalism. But when he starts reporting on a mysterious group of avant-garde musicians, the story takes him into a shadowy world of obscure composers, megalomaniac artists, and real estate barons, where the lines between art, finance, and fraud blur and the stakes are existential.Review Quotes
A detailed, sharply intellectual exploration of how people use and abuse art, while at the same time communicating the obsession and the intoxication that art offers for those who cannot live without it.
Forget's intimacy with the finest details of music may remind fans of writer Daniel Silva. A first-class read; a little enlightenment is a bonus.
Funny, mysterious, completely unpredictable, and never didactic.
Subtle, insistent, and adroit, Forget eroticizes art's decay under capitalism with stunning intelligence. This is an essential novel.
A detailed, sharply intellectual exploration of how people use and abuse art, while at the same time communicating the obsession and the intoxication that art offers for those who cannot live without it.
-- "Miramichi Reader"Forget's intimacy with the finest details of music may remind fans of writer Daniel Silva. A first-class read; a little enlightenment is a bonus.-- "Winnipeg Free Press"
Funny, mysterious, completely unpredictable, and never didactic.-- "Naben Ruthnum, author of A Hero of Our Time"
Subtle, insistent, and adroit, Forget eroticizes art's decay under capitalism with stunning intelligence. This is an essential novel.-- "Paige Cooper, author of Zolitude"
About the Author
André Forget was born in Toronto and raised in Mount Forest, Ontario. He is the former editor-in-chief of the Puritan, and his work has appeared in a variety of magazines and newspapers in Canada and the United States. He currently lives in Sheffield in the United Kingdom.Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .8 Inches (D)
Weight: .85 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 328
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Literary
Publisher: Rare Machines
Format: Paperback
Author: André Forget
Language: English
Street Date: July 12, 2022
TCIN: 84913158
UPC: 9781459749085
Item Number (DPCI): 247-34-0130
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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