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In 1886 London, married piano tuner Edgar Drake is requested by the War Office to travel to the jungles of Burma to tune a rare Erard grand piano which belongs to a Surgeon-Major who is credited with making peace in the war-torn Shan States. So begins a tale of myth, romance and self-discovery.
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The Piano Tuner, Daniel Mason
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- Released
- 2002
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- Title
- The Piano Tuner
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Daniel Mason
- Publisher
- Picador
- Released
- 2002
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN10
- 0330492675
- ISBN13
- 9780330492676
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Themes, Travel, Music Theme, Love, Wars, American Literature, England, 19th century, Literary Fiction, Great Britain, Asia, Culture, Journey, Piano, Colonialism, Jungle, Musical Instruments, Expeditions and Voyages, Colonies, Colonization, settlement, Plain, Myanmar, Exoticism, British Empire
- First published
- 2002
- Original title
- The Piano Tuner
- Rating
- 3.6 out of 5
- Description
- In 1886 London, married piano tuner Edgar Drake is requested by the War Office to travel to the jungles of Burma to tune a rare Erard grand piano which belongs to a Surgeon-Major who is credited with making peace in the war-torn Shan States. So begins a tale of myth, romance and self-discovery.