Sudden Noises from Inanimate Objects by Christopher Miller

Sudden Noises from Inanimate Objects by Christopher Miller

Written as liner notes to fictional music, Christopher Miller's uproarious debut novel skewers conventions in a work of high entertainment and imagination. In Sudden Noises from Inanimate Objects, the complete works of the prodigiously cranky composer Simon Silber get their diablolical due from Silber's official biographer -- a man who grows to hate his subject. Not content with simply discussing Silber's odd musical oeuvre -- whose highlights include an hourlong performance of the Minute Waltz, an etude composed on a telephone keypad, and a transcription of crow caws -- the commentator veers into a delightfully venomous expos of a musician whose grandiose ambitions far exceed his actual talent.

Christopher Miller is the author of The Cardboard Universe, a finalist for the Believer Book of the Year Award and a Huffington Post Best Book of the Year, and Sudden Noises from Inanimate Things, a Seattle Times Best Book of the Year. He is a resident of Annapolis, Maryland.