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The Melody : A Novel by Jim Crace [Crace, Jim] is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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From the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of Harvest, Quarantine, and Being Dead, a tender new novel about music, celebrity, local intrigue, and lost love?all set by the Mediterranean Sea Aside from his trusty piano, Alfred Busi lives alone in his villa overlooking the waves. Famed in his town for his music and songs, he is mourning the recent death of his wife and quietly living out his days, occasionally performing the classics in small venues?never in the stadiums he could fill when in his prime. On the night before receiving his town's highest honor, Busi is wrested from bed by noises in his courtyard and then stunned by an attacking intruder?his hands and neck are scratched, his face is bitten. Busi can't say what it was that he encountered, exactly, but he feels his assailant was neither man nor animal. The attack sets off a chain of events that will cast a shadow on Busi's career, imperil his home, and alter the fabric of his town. Busi's own account of what happened is embellished to fan the flames of old rumor?of an ancient race of people living in the surrounding forest?and to spark new controversy: something must finally be done about the town's poor, the feral vagabonds

Who reads The Melody : A Novel?

Author

Jim Crace [Crace, Jim]

Publisher

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group;Random House Inc

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780385543712

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

3.7 / 5 (172 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14