num_pages: 256
description: "Paula and Myles Clarkson's luck was in the ascendant. After a period of depression following his resounding failure as a concert pianist, Myles had decided, with Paula's encouragement to turn to a career in writing. Now the free-lance assignments that would finance his work on a novel were beginning to come in, among them a journalist's dream - the chance to interview the internationally celebrated pianist Duncan Ely. Astonishingly, the notoriously difficult Duncan warms toward him, sensing perhaps in Myles' love for music - and in his extraordinary pianist's hands - a kindred soul. The Mephisto Waltz is a spellbinder of a novel - a novel that makes Rosemary's Baby look like child play." The book was made into a major motion picture released in 1971 starring Alan Alda, Jacqueline Bisset and Curt Jurgens
language: English
title: The Mephisto Waltz
titlecomplete: The Mephisto Waltz
characters: Bill Grainger, Roxanne de Lancre, Myles Clarkson, Maggie van Arsdale, Paula Clarkson, Abby Clarkson, William de Lancre, Duncan Ely
genres: Demons, Dark, Fantasy, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, Fiction, Horror
ratings_count: 379
places: New York (State)
publisher: Coward-McCann