 First edition | |
| Author | Brian Castro |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Giramondo Publishing |
Publication date | 2009 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 355 |
| ISBN | 9781920882556 |
| Preceded by | The Garden Book |
| Followed by | Street to Street |
The Bath Fugues is a 2009 novel by Australian novelist Brian Castro.
The Bath Fugues is a novel of three sections, all interconnecting and modelled on the structure of the Goldberg variations. The first section, "Beckett's Bicycle", tells the story of Jason Redvers, an art forger and writer. The second, "Walter's Brief", concerns Redvers's grandfather Camilo Conceicao, a Portuguese poet. The last, "Sarraute's Surgery", is set in and around Port Douglas in Queensland and features local GP, Judith Sarraute, who had been Redvers's doctor when she was still practising in Sydney.
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