The Hoax
A psychological thriller, a chilling evocation
of revenge, a thrilling exploration of music, of love, of truth: The Hoax is all of these
things.Optioned by a film producer, The Hoax received many good reviews.
Dr Julius Newton is a world-famous biographer who specialises in the lives of composers.His latest project is on the famously secretive French composer Maurice Ravel, and he is thrilled when a young man, Charles Joseph Pym, contacts him to tell him that he has discovered some exciting material relating to Ravel's life: a letter, a photo, and a new, wonderful sonata, Le Gouffre, or The Abyss, which will revolutionise the public view of Ravel the man as well as the composer.But all is not as it seems--and in a novel which twists and turns on itself, friend soon turns foe: bluff and double bluff succeed each other--just who is hoaxing who?
The Hoax has an interesting structure, combining narrative, and snippets of letters, journals, magazine articles, transcripts of interviews, etc, giving the novel a rich and realistic feel.Yet there is also a chilling edge of the fantastic to it..
Some comments:
"Masson writes with elegance and
intelligence and has employed what is a diificult structure in a successful manner.."
- The Weekend Australian"
"The Hoax is a well-constructed, well-written piece of fiction.." - The Courier
Mail, Brisbane, Australia
"The Hoax is a vast tale..and because it covers so much ground,it provides such
absorbing reading" - Antipodes, USA
"It would be selling the novel short to label it as a superior or artistic
whodunit..It is much, much more than that..All in all, it is a memorable novel" -
Clement Semmler,Quadrant
"..an admirable work of art, one with a tactful power fully attuned to her
subject" - Robert Stove, Soundscapes
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