Subject: Composers -- Fiction (Keywords)

A successful Hollywood composer, Chris always promised his wife they would return to the Yorkshire Dales. Now, after his wife's death, Chris rents a house in the Dales so he can come to terms with his grief. But when he finds that the house was the scene of a murder in the 1950s, he finds himself...

A successful Hollywood composer, Chris always promised his wife they would return to the Yorkshire Dales. Now, after his wife's death, Chris rents a house in the Dales so he can come to terms with his grief. But when he finds that the house was the scene of a murder in the 1950s, he finds himself...

A successful Hollywood composer, Chris always promised his wife they would return to the Yorkshire Dales. Now, after his wife's death, Chris rents a house in the Dales so he can come to terms with his grief. But when he finds that the house was the scene of a murder in the 1950s, he finds himself...

A story of love and betrayal, of age and youth, of wealth and poverty, of the new Europe and the old Europe, of art and compromise, of youthful ideals and cynical weariness, Adam Thorpe's novel is a biting, timely satire and a powerfully moving examination of social and emotional disintegration.

Dismissing the cliches of Great Art and scathing in its rejection of the romantic conflation of madness and creativity, Clara takes as its heart an examination of the place of love in a life of increasing isolation and alienation. Originally published: London: Jonathan Cape, 2002.

Thamos, Count of Thebes, is the last keeper of an eternal knowledge, keeping alive the secrets of the pharaohs. Now he has been entrusted with a vital mission. He must leave Egypt for the cold lands of Europe to find and protect the 'Great Magician', a genius whose works will save humanity from c...

Thamos, Count of Thebes, is the last keeper of an eternal knowledge, keeping alive the secrets of the pharaohs. His mission is to find and protect the 'Great Magician' foretold by Osiris, a genius whose works will save humanity. And when he encounters Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Thamos is convinced ...