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The Upright Piano Player
David Abbott
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Description for The Upright Piano Player
Paperback. Henry seemed to have it all. A successful business career, considerable wealth, and a reputation for being a principled man. But public virtues can conceal private failings, and as Henry faces retirement, his well-ordered life begins to unravel. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 182.
Henry Cage seemed to have it all. A successful business career, considerable wealth, and a reputation for being a just and principled man. But public virtues can conceal private failings, and as Henry faces retirement, his well-ordered life begins to unravel. On the eve of the new millennium he is the victim of a random act of violence which soon escalates into a prolonged persecution, with tragic consequences. Family secrets are revealed, and when his ex-wife Nessa summons Henry to Palm Beach, he realises that there is little time to redress the mistakes of the past. The Upright Piano Player ... Read more
Henry Cage seemed to have it all. A successful business career, considerable wealth, and a reputation for being a just and principled man. But public virtues can conceal private failings, and as Henry faces retirement, his well-ordered life begins to unravel. On the eve of the new millennium he is the victim of a random act of violence which soon escalates into a prolonged persecution, with tragic consequences. Family secrets are revealed, and when his ex-wife Nessa summons Henry to Palm Beach, he realises that there is little time to redress the mistakes of the past. The Upright Piano Player ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849164054
SKU
V9781849164054
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About David Abbott
David Abbott began his career as an advertising copywriter and went on to found one of the U.K.'s outstanding advertising agencies, Abbott Mead Vickers. He is widely recognized as one of the industry's most deservedly celebrated creative directors. This book, many years in the making, is his first novel.
Reviews for The Upright Piano Player
'Elegant, rich and gratifying' Claire Beale, Independent.
Independent
'It is beautifully written, the sentences polished like gems - but it is the book's substances that sticks in the mind' Anthony Capella.
Anthony Capella
'This is a fine, sensitive, moving book - a remarkable first novel' Justin Cartwright.
Justin Cartwright
'The menace simmering beneath the ... Read more
Independent
'It is beautifully written, the sentences polished like gems - but it is the book's substances that sticks in the mind' Anthony Capella.
Anthony Capella
'This is a fine, sensitive, moving book - a remarkable first novel' Justin Cartwright.
Justin Cartwright
'The menace simmering beneath the ... Read more