Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer

Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer

Summary

The night before brilliant but erratic composer Charles Jessold's opera - about a betrayed husband who murders his wife and her lover - is due to open, Jessold is found dead, having apparently murdered his wife and her lover.

Leslie Shepherd, music critic and Jessold's collaborator on the opera, reflects on the scandalous affair in a dazzling, passionate and witty novel about the dangerous relationship between artist and critic.

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  • Wesley Stace is a brilliant and intensely original writer and this is his most unusual book yet
    Audrey Niffenegger

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Wesley Stace

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