Overview

PERFECT HOLIDAY GIFT: A beautifully illustrated coffee table book full of strange and eccentric stories about music. CONTINUATION OF WEIRD, STRANGE HISTORY OF ART: Madman's Orchestra continues the MADMAN series from Edward Brooke-Hitching, following from Madman's Gallery (1.5K in ANZ) and Madman's Library (3.5K in ANZ).  

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9781398532403

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'One of the most brilliantly illustrated and totally compelling books about music ever put together. A symphony of the weird and wonderful. On every page there are revelations and a tumult of jaw-dropping images. Edward’s book is a fantastic thing to look at, a cornucopia of discoveries' -- Tom Service, BBC Radio 3

Author Information

Edward Brooke-Hitching is the author of the critically acclaimed and bestselling books The Phantom Atlas (2016), The Golden Atlas (2018), The Sky Atlas (2019), The Madman's Library (2020) and The Devil's Atlas (2021), all of which have been translated into numerous languages; he is also the author of Fox Tossing, Octopus Wrestling and Other Forgotten Sports (2015). He is a writer for the BBC series QI. A fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and an incurable cartophile, he lives surrounded by dusty heaps of old maps and books in Berkshire. 

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