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Book Description Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 20087567-n
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. On the surface a murder mysterya detectives search for the killer of five people in DenverExpectation is also, among other things, a meditation on the relationship between language and music.In his newest novel, Jeffrey DeShell draws on the musical innovations of Arnold Schoenbergby turns traditional, serial, and atonalto inform his grammar and language. Moving progressively through specific Schoenberg compositions, DeShell complicates the surface of his text into lyrical derivatives, all the while drawing us into a murder mystery like no other as Detective Francisca Fruscella pursues both the killer and her own complicated personal history.By turns rapturous, rigorous, and gripping, Expectation is a thriller of another kindand a bold venture to the limits of the mystery genre and language itself. On the surface a murder mysterya detectives search for the killer of five people in DenverExpectation is also, among other things, a meditation on the relationship between language and music. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781573661751