After Stalin's death, a famous Soviet composer commits suicide, leaving behind a musical score that provokes bizarre mass defections. But can music bring about a revolution? A playful tale of alternative history, Sixteen is also a frantically-paced whodunit featuring a closeted gay musicologist who orchestrates a cacophony of secrets while conducting a cast that includes Shostakovich, Stalin, Khruschev, and Thomas Mann. Sixteen is a symphony of love, loss, and obsession delving into the mystery that is music.
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