A beautifully written paean to music . . . the best book of its type since Alex Ross's <i>The Rest Is Noise</i>
* Observer *
A series of finely tuned observations formed from personal memories, nuggets of neuroscience and interviews with musical luminaries
* Guardian *
Fresh . . . Unlike any music book I have read. Often very funny as well as piercingly acute
* Scotsman *
Michel Faber wrote this book just for you
- ROBERT FRIPP,
<b>Praise for Michel Faber: </b>Faber's writing is so dizzyingly accomplished
- KATHRYN HUGHES, * Guardian *
You are unlikely to regret a single hour, day or month spent in Faber's diverting, exuberant and intelligent company
* Financial Times *
A truly gifted writer, an addictive storyteller with a nuanced command of language
* Literary Review *
Faber writes superbly
* Sunday Times *
Faber has shown that he can write in a breathtakingly wide range of styles
* Scotsman *