- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: Impress Books; paperback original edition (1 Jun 2011)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1907605061
- ISBN-13: 978-1907605062
- Product Dimensions: 20.2 x 13.4 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 597,141 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This intriguing debut novel, structured in movements like a classical symphony, follows a group of day-trippers on a tour of places significant to the life of court composer Haydn. At its centre is widower Edward, travelling with his two young children in the hope of introducing them to music and bringing them closer to the memory of their late mother, a violinist. As the day progresses the tourists begin to behave like courtiers gossiping, flirting, and plotting. A comedy of manias unfolds as Edward struggles to protect himself and his children from the strange behaviour and events around them, including the woman who believes she is the reincarnation of Mozart and the appearance of what others are convinced is a ghost. This Farewell Symphony is the winner of the Impress Prize for New Writers, 2010.
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Edmund Bealby-Wright is a former journalist who has published in the Independent and worked on radio. He is currently studying for a diploma at the National Academy of Writing. His short story Count Me Out was published in the Book of Numbers anthology, 2009.
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Just finished reading 'This Farewell Symphony' - and thoroughly enjoyed it. The writing's got a real light touch that kept me tripping gently above the underlying emotional stories of the characters until the author chose to hit me with them. Good plotting, well-drawn characters, and well-controlled writing. The writer managed to achieve the elusive skill of having the reader trust him, despite (perhaps because of) the Diderotesque asides. Definitely recommend it to discerning friends.
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