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‘Crumey is one of my three or four favourite modern writers - a wise, funny, alert and original novelist who has never disappointed’ Jonathan Coe
'I loved it! Just exhilerating!' Fay Weldon
In Mobius Dick, physicist John Ringer, receives a mysterious text message that triggers an investigation into the development of new mobile phone technology in a research facility outside a remote Scottish village. Already the world is becoming a very different place: amnesia, telepathy, false memory and inexplicable coincidences all seem to be occurring more frequently with humorous, brain teasing results. Could quantum experiments have caused the collapse of our universe’s space-time continuum? Could the multi layered text we are reading come from another world altogether?
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'Solid plutonium, and unflaggingly enjoyable' Sunday Times
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'It would be nice to think that this magnificent piece of work stood a chance of winning the Booker. It’s certainly my novel of the year.' Time Out
'There’s no room here to do justice to the density of ideas Crumey unpacks with admirable lightness.' Sunday Herald
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"'Crumey is one of my three or four favourite modern writers - a wise, funny, alert and original novelist who has never disappointed' - Jonathan Coe 'I loved it! Just exhilerating!' - Fay Weldon But while Mobius Dick is a work of sophisticated erudition, its playfulness and artistry make it a page-turner, too. It is perhaps the only novel about quantum mechanics you could imagine reading while lying on a beach. - Joseph O'Connor 'solid plutonium, and unflaggingly enjoyable' - Sunday Times 'the most rewarding book I have read all year' - Independent On Sunday It would be nice to think that this magnificent piece of work stood a chance of winning the Booker. It's certainly my novel of the year. - Time Out 'There's no room here to do justice to the density of ideas Crumey unpacks with admirable lightness. - Sunday Herald"
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"Toby Faber’s engaging new book on Antonio Stradivari traces the history of a handful of his instruments–their biographies, who played them, where they went–and through it we learn a lot about how violins are made and the music world. It’s fascinating, accessible, and enjoyable reading."
–Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl with a Pearl Earring
–Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl with a Pearl Earring
"A captivating book that follows the trail of six of Stradivari’s creations. Like strange totems that cast an irresistible spell, these instruments bring out the best and the worst of those who would own them, and Faber deftly tells the stories in all their rich and surprising detail. Avarice and intrigue compete with generosity and love of music in a drama that Faber brings alive at every turn. An extraordinary accomplishment and a compelling read."
–Thad Carhart, author of The Piano Shop on the Left Bank
"Faber's fresh narrative style will appeal to many readers, specialists included . . . It is full of interesting facts and anecdotes." – Guardian
"an inspired idea for a book. Because these instruments and their players have reputations that have endured, Faber has been able to find fine tales that hang on each of them." – Daily Telegraph
"Faber is chatty, user-friendly, eagerly non-elitist, and minimising of sources, yet his passion for his subject, his painstaking research, his faith in the integrity of musicianship and craftsmanship lift this book above gossip for the string-playing classes." – Financial Times
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- PublisherPicador
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1447241037
- ISBN 13 9781447241034
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages320
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