A curious book that will change your relationship with the heard world

In Listen, Michel Faber's lifelong passion for music culminates in an intriguing exploration of two big questions: how we listen to music and why we listen to music. He muses on the notion of 'cool', delves into the rich lodes of commercial and aesthetic worth and interviews a panoply of people who experience music in different ways, unlocking some surprising answers.

"A beautifully written paean to music . . . the best book of its type since Alex Ross's The Rest Is Noise" - * Observer *

"A series of finely tuned observations formed from personal memories, nuggets of neuroscience and interviews with musical luminaries" - * Guardian *

"Fresh . . . Unlike any music book I have read. Often very funny as well as piercingly acute" - * Scotsman *

"Praise for Michel Faber: Faber's writing is so dizzyingly accomplished" - * Guardian *

"You are unlikely to regret a single hour, day or month spent in Faber's diverting, exuberant and intelligent company" - * Financial Times *

"A truly gifted writer, an addictive storyteller with a nuanced command of language" - * Literary Review *

"Faber writes superbly" - * Sunday Times *

"Faber has shown that he can write in a breathtakingly wide range of styles" - * Scotsman *