Tuesday, January 5, 2016

THE MEPHISTO WALTZ by Fred Mustard Stewart

I bought this paperback at The Book House in Rock Hill, MO (most likely on the motorcycle) on Th 10/19/95 and finished it at The Club on Th 5/10/96.

Refinished Su 1/3/16

The title is a piece of music by Franz Liszt. I listened to it on You Tube.

An older concert pianist and his daughter are harvesting souls so that they can live forever, or something like it.
Myles and Paula are married. He's an ex-concert pianist who is trying to be a writer. Duncan and his daughter, Roxanne want Myles because of his excellent long piano hands.

It's a straight forward narrative, but the satanic plot is not very well developed. The best part of the novel is that it is set in 1969 and written around the same time. Far Out, Baby.

Shalimar and Joy perfume.

Robin Goodfellow a name for the devil.

The cover compares it to ROSEMARY'S BABY, but No Way, Baby.

A quaint period piece about Manhattan in the Swinging Sixties.

Who has a middle name of 'Mustard'?

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