The Piano Tuner
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The Piano Tuner by Daniel Mason
A New York Times Notable BookA San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, and Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year A gripping and resonant novel. . . . It immerses the reader in a distant world with startling immediacy and ardor. . . . Riveting. --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times In 1886 a shy, middle-aged piano tuner named Edgar Drake receives an unusual commission from the British War Office: to travel to the remote jungles of northeast Burma and there repair a rare piano belonging to an eccentric army surgeon who has proven mysteriously indispensable to the imperial design. From this irresistible beginning, The Piano Tuner launches readers into a world of seductive, vibrantly rendered characters, and enmeshes them in an unbreakable spell of storytelling.
Daniel Mason is a Northern California native who grew up in a family of musicians. He went to Harvard University for biology and the University of California, San Francisco for medicine. His first novel, The Piano Tuner, was a national hit in 2002 and has since been translated into 27 languages. A Distant Land, The Winter Soldier, and A Register of My Journey Upon Earth are among his other publications, and his work has featured in Harper's Magazine and Lapham's Quarterly. He resides in the Bay Area of San Francisco.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781400030385 |
| ISBN 10 | 1400030382 |
| Title | The Piano Tuner |
| Author | Daniel Mason |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2003-08-19 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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