Peacocks on the Podium and other Members of the Musical Menagerie

148pp, with occasional page decorations and small illustrations.  Dark brown cloth-covered boards with silver titles on spine.  8vo.  Neat, clean, bright and tight throughout.  In its original illustrated, glossy dust wrapper, a little bumped and price clipped.

The author of The Elephant That Swallowed the Nightingale turns his wry attention to egotistical conductors, irreverent orchestra players, virtuoso soloists and child prodigies.