Few writers know more about the dark, sometimes scandalous workings of the music business than Norman Lebrecht, the author of \”The Maestro Myth: Great Conductors in Pursuit of Power\” (Simon & Schuster, 1991) and the illuminating \”Who Killed Classical Music?: Maestros, Managers, and Corporate Politics\” (Birch Lane Press, 1997). A longtime newspaper columnist and host of a BBC Radio 3 show, \”Lebrecht Live,\” he won the Whitbread First Novel Award for \”The Song of Names,\” a brilliant debut and a dazzling piece of fiction.