"Absolutely grossing reading...I loved every minutiae of it. I recommend it to all with a bent ear."
-- Pinchas Zukerman
"As with all of Peter Schickele's musical musings, this is superb humor reflecting a boundless knowledge of the world of music."
-- Victor Borge
An "eminently readable and vastly enjoyable book."
-- Isaac Stern
"But how can I explain to outsiders the humor so delicate, the mirth evanescent, the je ne sais quoi of this handsome and hilarious book?"
-- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times --
Review"Absolutely grossing reading...I loved every minutiae of it. I recommend it to all with a bent ear."
-- Pinchas Zukerman
"As with all of Peter Schickele's musical musings, this is superb humor reflecting a boundless knowledge of the world of music."
-- Victor Borge
An "eminently readable and vastly enjoyable book."
-- Isaac Stern
"But how can I explain to outsiders the humor so delicate, the mirth evanescent, the je ne sais quoi of this handsome and hilarious book?"
-- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times
--This text refers to the
Paperback
edition.
Reader Reviews
A hilarious fake biography of the fictional, "last and certainly least" child of Johann Sebastian Bach. P.D.Q. spends most of his young life rebelling against his family's artistic legacy before he finally realizes that having the name Bach means that people will pay him good money for mediocre musical works.
