Allegro

“A study in contrasting elements: beautiful and profane, amusing and infuriating, exhilarating and heartbreaking, it shows us a Mozart we’ve never seen…a brilliantly constructed mystery, a love letter to classical music, and a gripping character study…it’s a story that’s so captivating that we really wish it were true.” —Booklist

“Luminous…The entrancing, sumptuous eighteenth-century European backdrop is contrasted with the undertow of political revolution developing in France and the US…the book’s heady passion for music heightens the plot while enlivening the joys and sorrows of each character. Beyond its compelling intrigue of intertwined creative lives…Allegro is about how Mozart yearned for divine inspiration while confronting his own vulnerable mortality.” —Foreword Reviews

“Dorfman breathes considerable life into these historical figures.” —Publishers Weekly

“A historical mystery…in which Mozart tries to unpack the truth of Bach’s death…delightful.” —Literary Hub, Most Anticipated Books of the Year

Praise for The Suicide Museum:

“An intricate examination of guilt and grief…evocative of Philip Roth. Its prose is brainy and confident, building momentum through the intensity of its ideas…profoundly moving.” —New York Times Book Review

“Set largely in the nineteen-nineties…[The Suicide Museum is] also a novel that looks toward the future…exhilarating.” —The New Yorker

“A thriller nested inside a literary novel nested inside a memoir…playful and intriguing.” —Los Angeles Review of Books