The Great Gould

Goddard has drawn a comprehensive portrait of the many faces of Gould, from dude to icon, and given us a tour of a life of such protean productivity that one can only be in awe. * Literary Review of Canada * Goddard's portrait is informative, engaging and full of entertaining nuggets about our country's classical music genius. * Winnipeg Free Press * Reading Goddard on Gould is like the happy accident of encountering a guy in a bar who can speak with equal ease and authority about pop culture and philosophy, who slides from lowbrow to highbrow in a sentence and who, as it turns out, knew Gould in person and over many years * The Globe and Mail * Perhaps no other Canadian cultural figure who gained international status as an artist remains as elusive as Gould (myth obfuscates as much as it contextualizes), but Goddard tracks him down at the cottage, on stage, and in the studio (real and of Gould's mind) as none have done before. * J.A. Wainwright, PhD * Brings a new perspective to the subject. * International Piano Magazine * An interesting supplement to the Glenn Gould craze still surrounding us. * Theatrejones.com * We owe Peter Goddard for his informed, insightful, and well-researched insights into a great Canadian thinker. * The Tyee * An interesting personal account of the pianist's career by one of Canada's noteworthy music critics ... I warmly recommend this book to Gould aficionados. * CAML Review *

Peter Goddard, music, film, and visual arts critic for the Toronto Star (and a winner of a National Newspaper Award), has written for radio and TV and a good many magazines. He is the author of The Sounding, a novel, and multiple musical biographies, including those on Ronnie Hawkins, Frank Sinatra, David Bowie, and the Rolling Stones. Trained as an ethnomusicologist, Peter played piano for rock and blues bands. He divides his time between Toronto and the Limousin area of France.

Introduction One: The Enigma's Variations Two: Altered Egos Three: The "Con" Four: The Biggest Chill Finale: The Magus's Mysterium Coda: The Lesson The Life and Times of Glenn Gould Acknowledgements Image Credits