First published 2014
When avant-garde composer Peter Els opens his door to the police, he flees, becoming a fugitive "Bioterrorist Bach." Panicked, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey to reconnect with the people from his past who shaped his failed musical vision. As the government closes in, Els hatches a plan for one last, incendiary artwork that might finally find its audience.
Genres: literary-fiction, american-fiction, contemporary, 21st-century
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: cross-country-odyssey, fugitive
Setting: America, United States
Period: 1940 to 2011
384 pages · Hardcover · Atlantic Books