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The courage consort

Michel Faber

2002121 pagesabout 2–3 hours
2002
first published
  • 2002Canongate · 121 pages · ENGISBN 9781841952260
  • 2004Canongate Books · 160 pages · ENGISBN 9781841955346
  • 2004Harcourt · 232 pages · ENGISBN 9780151010615
  • 2005RB Large Print · 281 pages · ENGISBN 9781419322532
  • 2008Canongate Books · ENGISBN 9781847674111
  • 2005Harvest Books · 240 pages · ENGISBN 9780156032766

The Courage Consort, possibly the seventh best-known a cappella vocal ensemble in Britain, are given two weeks in a Belgian chateau to rehearse their latest commission, the monstrously complicated Partitum Mutante. Their composer is a maniac, the group is full of sexual tension and fiercely differing temperaments - and what of the inhuman voice in the woods?

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Emotional toneUnflinching

How it reads

Plot intensityCharacter driven
ComplexityLayered
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