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PublishedPen Hutchinson Heinemann, September 2025 |
ISBN9781804951767 |
FormatSoftcover, 384 pages |
Dimensions19.8cm × 13cm × 2.5cm |
From the Booker-shortlisted author of The Overstory and Bewilderment
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014
'A virtuoso performance' SUNDAY TIMES
'Extraordinary and confounding, mind-spinning and wonderful' INDEPENDENT
'A magnificent and moving novel' LOS ANGELES TIMES
Seventy-year-old avant-garde composer Peter Els opens the door one evening to find the police on his doorstep. His home microbiology lab - where he is conducting the latest experiment in his lifelong attempt to find musical patterns in surprising places - has aroused the suspicions of Homeland Security.
Panicked by the raid, Els turns fugitive, earning him the moniker 'Bioterrorist Bach'. He hatches a daring plan to transform this disastrous collision with the security state into an unforgettable work of art that will reawaken its audience to the sounds all around it.
A gripping escape narrative filled with lyrical wonder, Orfeo is both a portrait of a creative, obsessive man, and a reflection on finding melodies in everyday life.
