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[David]

Originally Posted by petep9000

I should maybe try to read something about Herr Beethoven. If you can recommend a bio that is considered good (in English) and only one volume, I'd take a crack at reading it.

You don't want to read a biography. You want to read "Beethoven: Impressions by His Contemporaries," published by Dover in softcover in 1967 & edited by O.G. Sonneck.

David I think you might like Theroux earlier book, called 'The Great Railway Bazaar'. That is the one I really liked, the book I reviewed was a sequel he did 30 years later.

I'll look for a used copy somewheres. I feel like reading something out of the ordinary for me.