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The Melody (Paperback)
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The Melody (Paperback)
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Alfred Busi, famed and beloved in his town for his music and songs,
is now in his sixties, mourning the recent death of his wife and
quietly living out his days alone in the large villa he has always
called home. The night before he is due to attend a ceremony at the
town's avenue of fame, Busi is attacked by a creature he disturbs
as it raids the contents of his larder. Busi is convinced that the
thing that attacked him was no animal, but a child, `innocent and
wild', and his words fan the flames of old rumour - of an ancient
race of people living in the bosk surrounding the town - and new
controversy: the town's paupers, the feral wastrels at its edges
must be dealt with. Once and for all. As Busi's nephew's ambitious
plans for himself and the town develop, he is able to fan the
flames of rumour and soon Busi and the town he loves will be
altered irrevocably. The Melody by Jim Crace is a story about grief
and ageing, about reputation and the loss of it, about love and
music and the peculiar way myth seeps into real life. And it is a
political novel too - a rallying cry to protect those we persecute.
It is lyrical and warm, intimate and epic, a powerful future
classic.
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