Orfeo
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Orfeo
Product Details
Author: Richard Powers
ISBN: 9781804951767
Publisher: Penguin (Cornerstone)
Publish date: 12 June 2025
Pages: 384
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Subjects: Fiction, Literary, Science Fiction, Genetic Engineering, Thrillers, Technological, Multiple Timelines
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014'A virtuoso performance' SUNDAY TIMES
'Extraordinary and confounding, mind-spinning and wonderful' INDEPENDENT
'A magnificent and moving novel' LOS ANGELES TIMES
Seventy-year-old avant-garde composer Peter Els opens the door one evening to find the police on his doorstep. His home microbiology lab - where he is conducting the latest experiment in his lifelong attempt to find musical patterns in surprising places - has aroused the suspicions of Homeland Security.
Panicked by the raid, Els turns fugitive, earning him the moniker 'Bioterrorist Bach'. He hatches a daring plan to transform this disastrous collision with the security state into an unforgettable work of art that will reawaken its audience to the sounds all around it.
A gripping escape narrative filled with lyrical wonder, Orfeo is both a portrait of a creative, obsessive man, and a reflection on finding melodies in everyday life.
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