'Deafening' is a terrifying and tragic tale of music and silence. Gabe lives with his father in a claustrophobic world which is constructed and defined by classical music. But when Gabe's father begins to lose his sense of hearing, this world begins to crumble. Without music, the world loses its colour and its stories. Eventually music creeps back into their lives in strange and sinister new ways. Characters from some of Gabe and his father's favourite suite - Mussorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition' - begin to materialise. ...
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'Deafening' is a terrifying and tragic tale of music and silence. Gabe lives with his father in a claustrophobic world which is constructed and defined by classical music. But when Gabe's father begins to lose his sense of hearing, this world begins to crumble. Without music, the world loses its colour and its stories. Eventually music creeps back into their lives in strange and sinister new ways. Characters from some of Gabe and his father's favourite suite - Mussorgsky's 'Pictures at an Exhibition' - begin to materialise. They haunt the shadows. They want to draw Gabe out. They want to claim him as their own. From the bloodied pen of the author A.J. Kirby ('Small Man Syndrome', 'Sharkways', 'Paint this town Red', and 'Bully'.
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