...a 1970s rock'n'roll icon who finds himself in turn-of-the-century Vienna, that promised scenes with Freud and Mahler, of love and despair. I was intrigued by the premise, but also skeptical that a first novelist, or any novelist, could pull it off. But Selden Edwards pulls if off superbly and proves he's an adept weaver of the large themes and small events that make the tapestry of great literature. In writing about Vienna, you have to get the music right, and Edwards hits all the right notes and times well the crescendo.