Orfeo

by Richard Powers

Book Overview

In Orfeo, composer Peter Els opens the door one evening to find the police on his doorstep. His home microbiology lab--the latest experiment in his lifelong attempt to find music in surprising patterns--has aroused the suspicions of Homeland Security. Panicked by the raid, Els turns fugitive and hatches a plan to transform this disastrous collision with the security state into an unforgettable work of art that will reawaken its audience to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393349845
• ISBN13: 9780393349849
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.2"