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All ProductsBooksClassical MusicDVDElectronicsPersonal Health CareHome & GardenKitchen & HousewaresMusicMusic TracksOutdoor LivingSoftwareSoftware & VideoGamesToysVHSVideo (DVD & VHS)VideoGames Gerontius List Price: £13.95 shop.mlahotels.com Price: £57.58 Availability: N/A Manufacturer: Macmillan Average Customer Rating: Binding: Hardcover EAN: 9780333451946 ISBN: 0333451945 Label: Macmillan Manufacturer: Macmillan Number Of Pages: 264 Publication Date: 1989-03 Publisher: Macmillan Studio: Macmillan Related Items Rancid Pansies Amazing Disgrace Seven-tenths: The Sea and Its Thresholds Loving Monsters Cooking with Fernet Branca Editorial Reviews: Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: Ambitious and well written. A must for fans of Elgar's music! Comment: This well written and ambitious novel, which won the Whitbread First Novel Prize in 1989, takes as it's starting point the Amazon cruise Sir Edward Elgar took in 1923 following the death of Lady Elgar. From this material it shapes a discourse on the life of Elgar and the importance of art and culture in our society. As a insight into this fascinating but little known event in Elgar's life the novel works wonderfully well and will be an enjoyable read for all fans of Elgar's music. But does the real Elgar emerge from these pages? Does the music gain from these insights? Are British attitudes to life, art and culture suitably illuminated? Yes and no. If the novel fails it is only that it's ambition ultimately exceeds the ability to deliver in so few pages. In a time of mass market pot boilers written to sell and with very little purpose beyond the commercial this is almost no failure at all! More Reviews