After the collapse of his trial, Nealon returns to his family home in Ireland for the first time in years, only to be greeted by an empty home. No heat or light, no sign of his wife or child. It seems the world has forgotten that he even existed, except for one mysterious caller.

This Plague of Souls is a story for these fractured times and the story of a man who would let the world go to hell if he could keep his family together.

There are countless books on music with much analysis given to musicians, bands, eras and genres. But rarely does a book delve into what's going on inside us when we listen.

Michel Faber explores two big questions: how do we listen to music and why do we listen to music? He considers a range of factors, which includes age, illness, the notion of ?cool', the dichotomy between ?good' and ?bad' taste and much more.