The Piano Tuner's offerings of engaging history, drama and large-scale thematic rumination seem even more impressive when one considers that Mason is only 26, and that he wrote the novel while a full-time medical student. As Drake's journey to Burma progresses, Carroll's legend grows, as high military officials, rank-and-file soldiers and locals all offer conflicting stories of the surgeon-major. The request is not as frivolous as it may seem Carroll uses music and poetry to keep the peace among local warring leaders in Burma's Shan States. In the novel, Drake's services have been requested by British Surgeon-Major Anthony Carroll, a military maverick stationed in Mae Lwin desperate to have his rare Erard grand piano repaired.
Mason, who spent a year in the area studying tropical medicine, has supplemented his real-life experience with considerable research, and the book combines historical faithfulness with plot drama that will have readers racing through the last 30 pages.īut The Piano Tuner is more than an adventure novel, delving as it does into questions of identity, moral responsibility and perhaps most centrally, the effect of desire on perceptions. On its surface, The Piano Tuner is loaded with the traditional elements of an exotic 19th century adventure saga: colorful history and folklore, political intrigue, native romance and ethereal landscapes poetically rendered. I am here to repair a piano."įor Drake is not your usual imperial adventurer, but a piano tuner, and therein lies one of the clever twists of Mason's tale. After a surreptitious night crossing of Burma's Salween River, he finally arrives at his destination, only to offer these fateful words to his local greeters on shore: "I am Edgar Drake. Drake's subsequent journey across Europe, the Red Sea and India is fraught with danger, mystery and beauty. We are the only player system to offer this capability.Ĭontact your local sales representative for a special offer to get you started and experience this powerful feature set.Edgar Drake, the hero of Daniel Mason's remarkable debut novel, is commissioned by the British War Office in late 1886 to leave London for a crucial assignment in the distant Burmese province of Mae Lwin. 3G Option - this future feature gives you essential and unique network capabilities without a Wi-Fi network.īest of all, You will enjoy how easy it is to setup.
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