The most ambitious and daring novel novel yet from Booker Prize-shortlisted Phil
ip Hensher. 'A novel that's almost fizzy to the touch... A performance of extrao
rdinary flair and majesty from a writer who seems capable of anything' Guardian
'The Emperor Waltz' is a single novel with three narrative strands: fourth-centu
ry Rome, 1920s Germany, and 1980s London. In each place, a small coterie is clos
ely connected and separated from the larger world. In each story, the larger wor
ld regards the small coterie and its passionately-held beliefs and secrets with
suspicion and hostility. It is the story of eccentricity, its struggle, its triu
mph, its influence - but also its defeat.
