' ......try "Fingal's Cave". If you like Genesis, trust me. You'll love Mendelssohn'
From The Music Shop, p. 7, a novel by Rachel Joyce.
So I did. And how right she is!
' ......try "Fingal's Cave". If you like Genesis, trust me. You'll love Mendelssohn'
From The Music Shop, p. 7, a novel by Rachel Joyce.
So I did. And how right she is!
"yet he is drawn to this strangely still, mysterious woman with eyes as black as vinyl."
By the way, this was said by the music shop-owner to a guy who had just stolen Invisible Touch. The owner didn't mind he had stolen a Genesis-album, but thought he had choosen the wrong one. Reminds me of Kevin Gilbert at the start of the Giraffe performance of The Lamb at Progfest 1994.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...the-music-shop
Sadly I just couldn't empathize with any of the characters in The Music Shop and gave up on the novel before I got halfway. My copy now resides in a charity shop and I hope someone finds more enjoyment in it than I did.
Just finished the book. I can imagine Iris gave up on the novel (it contains some weird characters), but I've enjoyed it quite a bit. But I think it's a pitty that the music-side was more and more overruled by the love-story and the need for a Hollywood-like happy end.
Nice to see b.t.w. that the author thanks Gabrielle Drake (amongst others). Her brother Nick is mentioned a couple of times in the story.
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