Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer

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Description

The night before brilliant but erratic composer Charles Jessold’s opera – about a betrayed husband who murders his wife and her lover – is due to open, Jessold is found dead, having apparently murdered his wife and her lover. Leslie Shepherd, music critic and Jessold’s collaborator on the opera, reflects on the scandalous affair in a dazzling, passionate and witty novel about the dangerous relationship between artist and critic.

Additional information

Weight 0.245 kg
Dimensions 2.2 × 12.9 × 19.8 cm
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Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

352

Publisher

Year Published

2011-7-7

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

0099546574

About The Author

Wesley Stace is the author of two critically acclaimed novels, the international bestseller Misfortune (2005) and By George (2007). Stace is also a musician who, under the name John Wesley Harding, has released 15 albums ranging from traditional folk to pop music. The Los Angeles Times hailed his most recent pop release, Who Was Changed and Who Was Dead, as "Bookshop Rock like no other… expertly tweaking the lyricist's game at every turn" while the Wall Street Journal praised the album's "lyrics that dazzle without condescending."

Wesley Stace is a brilliant and intensely original writer and this is his most unusual book yet

Other text

We might have predicted that Wesley Stace – a fine novelist and a fine musician – would one day write a novel about music, but could we have predicted that it would be so brilliant? The dialogue sparkles, the prose glimmers, and for once you leave a novel not just haunted by the characters and the story, but humming the tunes. A delightful Opus 3

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