{"product_id":"9781920882556","title":"The Bath Fugues","description":"Author: Brian Castro\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781920882556\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Giramondo Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 12 May 2009\u003cbr\u003ePages: 258\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Bath Fugues\u003c\/em\u003e\u0026amp;nbsp;is Castro at his\u0026amp;nbsp;best, in a wonderful performance wrought from intrigue, romance, deception  and comedy.\u0026amp;nbsp;The book is composed of three interwoven novellas, the first\u0026amp;nbsp;centred on an ageing art forger; the second on a Portuguese poet, opium\u0026amp;nbsp;addict and collector; the third told by a well-connected doctor, with a\u0026amp;nbsp;cabinet of venom, and an art gallery on the north Queensland coast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAround these characters circle others, in the contrapuntal manner\u0026amp;nbsp;of the fugue suggested by the book's title. Some are related, some\u0026amp;nbsp;fugitive, some like the essayist Montaigne, the poet Baudelaire or\u0026amp;nbsp;the philosopher Benjamin, enter the story from the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMotifs recur  baths, bicycles, clocks, addiction, the counterfeit \u0026amp;nbsp;deepening the lines of association and inheritance which bind their\u0026amp;nbsp;lives, and giving weight to the friendships thrust upon them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'...one of the most exacting, yet\u0026amp;nbsp;rewarding of Australian novelists,\u0026amp;nbsp;and when the mood is on him, one\u0026amp;nbsp;of the most amusing as well.'  PETER PIERCE,\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003cem\u003eThe Age\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'His way of working has produced\u0026amp;nbsp;startlingly original storytelling, the\u0026amp;nbsp;sort that reminds me, with joy, again\u0026amp;nbsp;and again, that anything is possible\u0026amp;nbsp;in literature.'  SUE BOND,\u0026amp;nbsp;\u003cem\u003eAsian Review Of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46861489897630,"sku":"ADS-9781920882556","price":32.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781920882556.jpg?v=1779252706","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781920882556","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}