![]() ![]() But certainly that isn’t always the case. Perhaps this is how things were-and are-in the realms of government and empire. Mason’s apparent message that those who fail to live by the authorities’ rules eventually get squashed seems a bit trite. As we neared the end, the thought did pass through my mind, “What if the author does X? No, surely, he wouldn’t.” But he did. Numerous omens early in the book presage disaster for the mild-mannered Drake, but I naively believed they were simply plot devices to raise suspense and keep the reader engaged. The plot concerns a British piano tuner, Edgar Drake, who is sent to Burma to tune an Erard grand piano in the possession of an eccentric military doctor stationed at a jungle outpost in territory claimed by the British-a claim understandably contested by the region’s inhabitants. ![]() Ultimately, though, the book left us unsatisfied (warning: plot revelation ahead). We immediately put the book on reserve at the library, and once it came, Mason’s intriguing plot, tantalizing imagery, and mesmerizing style kept us turning the pages late into several nights. ![]() We were hooked after reading the first chapter of The Piano Tunerby Daniel Mason during a one-night getaway to a B&B near Jacksonville, Oregon. ![]()
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