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The Medusa Frequency
- Author
- Russell Hoban
- Narrator
- Callum Coates
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 29 April 2021
- Run Time
- 4 hours 51 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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It all begins the night a leaflet comes through the door of unsuccessful novelist Herman Orff, promising a magical cure for writer's block. The strange treatment plunges him into a hallucinatory London dreamworld populated by figures mythical and real: a severed talking head, Vermeer's girl with a pearl earring, his lost love Luise and, beneath it all, the Kraken awaiting. As Herman will discover, creating art is a tough business.
'Sparkles with classical allusions and a wisecracking humour ... it is pure joy' Daily Telegraph
'One of his most accessibly entertaining books' The Times
'Short, smart and fizzy, the novel seeks out the roots of creativity with none of the solemnity that phrase implies' New Statesman
© Russell Hoban 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Critics Review
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Short, smart and fizzy, the novel seeks out the roots of creativity with none of the solemnity that phrase implies.
New Statesman
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Entirely captivating.
Time Out
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Worth rejoicing in ... a banquet of whimsical delights. Each Russell Hoban book is surprising ... but you also know what you're getting, which is curiosity, wonder and a world-encompassing empathy.
The Guardian
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Details
- Author
- Russell Hoban
- Narrator
- Callum Coates
- Duration
- 4 hours 51 minutes
- Release Date
- 29 April 2021
- ISBN
- 9780241525104
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Fantasy, Traditional or cultural fiction and true stories, tales and retellings, Humorous fiction
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin. It all begins the night a leaflet comes through the door of unsuccessful novelist Herman Orff, promising a magical cure for writer's block. The strange treatment plunges him into a hallucinatory London dreamworld populated by figures mythical and real: a severed talking head, Vermeer's girl with a pearl earring, his lost love Luise and, beneath it all, the Kraken awaiting. As Herman will discover, creating art is a tough business.'Sparkles with classical allusions and a wisecracking humour ... it is pure joy' Daily Telegraph'One of his most accessibly entertaining books' The Times'Short, smart and fizzy, the novel seeks out the roots of creativity with none of the solemnity that phrase implies' New Statesman© Russell Hoban 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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