A review by abookishtype
The Gradual by Christopher Priest

3.0

Time is seriously out of joint in Christopher Priest’s The Gradual, though our protagonist has no idea until much later. Sandro grew up under the junta of Glaund. The regime taught him to keep his head down, ask now questions, and do what he was told. Because he’s what we would consider a classical musician, Sandro is mostly left to his own devices, even when he starts to receive attention in musical circles. His troubles really begin when Sandro is chosen to go on an orchestral tour of the mysterious Dream Archipelago. Sandro’s tour is set to last nine weeks; he returns home more than a year and a half later...

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