{"product_id":"the-piano-tuner-9781400030385","title":"The Piano Tuner","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSan Jose Mercury News\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A gripping and resonant novel. . . . It immerses the reader in a distant world with startling immediacy and ardor. . . . Riveting.\" --Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1886 a shy, middle-aged piano tuner named Edgar Drake receives an unusual commission from the British War Office: to travel to the remote jungles of northeast Burma and there repair a rare piano belonging to an eccentric army surgeon who has proven mysteriously indispensable to the imperial design. From this irresistible beginning, \u003ci\u003eThe Piano Tuner \u003c\/i\u003elaunches readers into a world of seductive, vibrantly rendered characters, and enmeshes them in an unbreakable spell of storytelling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Mason\u003c\/b\u003e was born and raised in Northern California. He studied biology at Harvard, and medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Piano Tuner\u003c\/i\u003e, published in 2002, was a national bestseller and has since been published in 27 countries. His other works include \u003ci\u003eA Far Country\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Winter Soldier\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Registry of My Passage Upon Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, and his writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLapham's Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614340780306,"sku":"9781400030385","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ad6c750f-15fa-4068-ad81-e9c1a6908844.jpg?v=1732439786","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-piano-tuner-9781400030385","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}