ARCHITECTURE OF SONG

'I lived many lives beneath that piano ... I heard ten thousand stories in that space. there I was privileged to observe to gather - and not only gather to concentrate within myself - so much that is usually denied a child of my age. As a result I have you might say grown.' So says Augustus trump - a dwarf destined to be a circus freak. Cursed by nature as he is Augustus is nevertheless blessed with a determination to survive and more than survive to grow. this growth both in stature and in spirit is brought about by a second blessing - his divine voice: an instrument so sublime that even the stars pay heed. Because no-one knows better the agonies the violence and the love that inform the poetic than Augustus trump: dwarf protege man. tHE ARCHItECtURE OF SONG is a truly magical unique novel of beauty imagination and song with a cast of dark surprising characters who will enchant and delight you just as the songs of Augustus trump enchant and transform them.