Piano Tuner [Audiobook] [Audio CD]

Daniel Mason (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2, 2003

On a misty London afternoon in 1886, piano tuner Edgar Drake receives a strange request from the War Office: he must leave his wife, and his quiet life in London, to travel to the jungles of Burma to tune a rare Erhard grand piano. The piano belongs to Surgeon-Major Anthony Carroll, an enigmatic British officer, whose success at making peace in the war-torn Shan States is legendary, but whose unorthodox methods have begun to attract suspicion. So begins the journey of the soft-spoken Edgar across Europe, the Red Sea, India, Burma, and at last into the remote highlands of the Shan States. En route he is entranced by the Doctor's letters and by the shifting cast of tale-spinners, soldiers and thieves who cross his path. As his captivation grows, however, so do his questions: about the Doctor's true motives, about an enchanting and elusive woman who travels with him into the jungle, about why he came. And, ultimately, whether he will ever be able to return home unchanged to the woman who awaits him there...Sensuous and lyrical, rich with passion and adventure, "The Piano Tuner" is an unforgettable and haunting novel.

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About the Author

After graduating at the top of his class at Harvard in 1998 with awards in sceince and creative writing, Mason spent a year studying malaria on the Thai-Myanmar border before beginning medical school in San Francisco. He will graduate in 2003. A seasoned lecturer, brilliant and inexhaustible, he couldn't be more promotable.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Macmillan (October 2, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1405034289
• ISBN-13: 978-1405034289
• Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,656,148 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)