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Can I read Maestro on EtoBox?
Maestro by John E Gardner is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Maestro about?
"America's greatest living orchestra conductor, Louis Passau, has reached the great age of ninety years. Still sound in mind and body, he prepares to commemorate this milestone at a concert in his honor at New York's Lincoln Center. But scandal threatens to spoil Passau's celebration when he is accused of having spied for Hitler and of aiding clandestine KGB operations in the United States during the Cold War." "The CIA, FBI and British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) have come to an arrangement with the Maestro: he may conduct the concert, but he is to be interrogated immediately afterward by SIS agent-runner Herbie Kruger. When the concert ends, an attempt is made on Passau's life and "Big Herbie" - along with the quick-witted and very desirable young SIS agent Pucky Curtiss - takes the Maestro into hiding. There Kruger and Curtiss listen to the extraordinary confession of this fatally flawed man - brilliant on the podium, charming in public, foul-mouthed and streetwise in private - a man whose deceits, successes and often tragic loves are as improbable as they are enthralling." "As it becomes more and more difficult to separate the truth about Passau's life from the fiction, i
Who reads Maestro?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- John E Gardner
- Publisher
- New York: Otto Penzler Books
- Published
- 1993
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781883402242
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities
- Rating
- 3.37 / 5 (39 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14