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'By turns discursive, celebratory and reflective . . . a beautifully written paean to music, examining the role that it plays in our lives and what it has meant to Faber himself. He is no snob, but no indulgent populist, either. Instead, he has written the best book of its type since Alex Ross's The Rest Is Noise' - Observer 'A series of finely tuned observations formed from personal memories, nuggets of neuroscience and interviews with musical luminaries' - Guardian 'Fresh . . . Unlike any music book I have read. Often very funny as well as piercingly acute' - Scotsman 'Michel Faber wrote this book just for you' - ROBERT FRIPP 'Praise for Michel Faber: Faber's writing is so dizzyingly accomplished' - KATHRYN HUGHES '' -