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This Farewell Symphony paperback original Edition
Author(s): Edmund Bealby-Wright (Author)
- Publisher: Impress Books
- Publication Date: 1 Jun. 2011
- Edition: paperback original
- Language: English
- Print length: 256 pages
- ISBN-10: 1907605061
- ISBN-13: 9781907605062
Book Description
This intriguing debut novel, structured in movements like a classical symphony, follows a group of day-trippers on a tour of places significant to the life of court composer Haydn. At its centre is widower Edward, travelling with his two young children in the hope of introducing them to music and bringing them closer to the memory of their late mother, a violinist. As the day progresses the tourists begin to behave like courtiers gossiping, flirting, and plotting. A comedy of manias unfolds as Edward struggles to protect himself and his children from the strange behaviour and events around them, including the woman who believes she is the reincarnation of Mozart and the appearance of what others are convinced is a ghost. This Farewell Symphony is the winner of the Impress Prize for New Writers, 2010.
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About the Author
Edmund Bealby-Wright is a former journalist who has published in the Independent and worked on radio.
He is currently studying for a diploma at the National Academy of Writing. His short story ‘Count Me Out’ was published in the Book of Numbers anthology, 2009. His debut novel , This Farewell Symphony paperback original Edition, won the Impress Prize for New Writers in 2010.
