The Secret Knowledge
  • Published:
    Mar-2015
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    Print / eBook
  • Main Genre:
    Science Fiction
  • Pages:
    234
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A lost musical masterpiece is at the heart of this gripping intellectual mystery by award-winning writer Andrew Crumey.

In 1913 composer Pierre Klauer envisages marriage to his sweetheart and fame for his new work, The Secret Knowledge. Then tragedy strikes. A century later, concert pianist David Conroy hopes the rediscovered score might revive his own flagging career.

Music, history, politics and philosophy become intertwined in a multi-layered story that spans a century. Revolutionary agitators, Holocaust refugees and sixtiesâ," student protesters are counterpointed with artists and entrepreneurs in our own age of austerity. All play their part in revealing the shocking truth that Conroy must finally face â,“ the real meaning of The Secret Knowledge.

â,"itâ,"s a clever book, and funny, and thought-provoking; it mixes a whodunnit with the intellectual japes of Umberto Eco, and (not surprisingly for Crumey, whoâ,"s a highly trained physicist) a bunch of quantum references. Itâ,"s the sort of book that has you constantly flipping back through the chapters to check connections and coincidences; that makes you nod furiously once you figure something out. And, by the end, you want to start over again as fast as possible to see if youâ,"ve properly understood itâ,¦â, Bookmunch
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    • First Edition
    • Mar-2015
    • Dedalus Limited
    • Trade Paperback
    • ISBN: 1909232459
    • ISBN13: 9781909232457
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    • Jan-2010
    • Dedalus Ebooks
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1909232564
    • ISBN13: 9781909232563
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    • Dec-2014
    • Dedalus Ebooks
    • eBook (Kindle)



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