{"product_id":"the-piano-tuner","title":"The Piano Tuner","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn extraordinary first novel that tells the story of a British piano tuner sent deep into Burma in the nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn October 1886, Edgar Drake receives a strange request from the British War Office: he must leave his wife and his quiet life in London to travel to the jungles of Burma, where a rare Erard grand piano is in need of repair. The piano belongs to an army surgeon-major whose unorthodox peacemaking methods—poetry, medicine, and now music—have brought a tentative quiet to the southern Shan States but have elicited questions from his superiors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn his journey through Europe, the Red Sea, India, and into Burma, Edgar meets soldiers, mystics, bandits, and tale-spinners, as well as an enchanting woman as elusive as the surgeon-major. And at the doctor’s fort on a remote Burmese river, Edgar encounters a world more mysterious and dangerous than he ever could have imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSensuous, lyrical, rich with passion and adventure, this is a hypnotic tale of myth, romance, and self-discovery: an unforgettable novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51243310121127,"sku":"9780375414657","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/8312\/8231\/files\/9780375414657.jpg?v=1787325799","url":"https:\/\/rootsbookstore.com\/products\/the-piano-tuner","provider":"Roots Bookstore \u0026 Market","version":"1.0","type":"link"}