All Is Song

By: Samantha Harvey

Narrated by: Gordon Griffin

A fiercely intelligent and moving second novel from the author of the acclaimed The Wilderness. Leonard Deppling returns to the capital from Scotland, where he has spent the past year nursing his dying father. Missing from the funeral was his younger brother William, a former lecturer and activist who lives with his wife and two young sons. Leonard is alone and rootless, he moves in with William hoping to unite their family and renew their friendship. But it seems William has already set his own fate in motion, news comes of a young student who has followed one of his arguments to a shocking conclusion. William embraces the danger - a decision that threatens to consume his entire family.

©2012 Samantha Harvey (P)2012 W F Howes Ltd

This is a beautiful, but haunting book.

This is a fantastic novel. The reworking of the life of Socrates in a modern setting. One is captivated to the very end. What to think of William? The agonized brother. The suffering wife. The children who cannot yet understand. The dialogue between the brothers is so well written. This work gives you so much to consider. It should be reprinted and made accessible after Harvey’s recent success with her space station novella. Give this a read!