The Bath Fugues

The Bath Fugues is a 2009 novel by Australian novelist Brian Castro.

Plot summary
The Bath Fugues is a novel of three sections, all interconnecting and modelled on the structure of the Goldberg variations. The first section, "Beckett's Bicycle", tells the story of Jason Redvers, an art forger and writer. The second, "Walter's Brief", concerns Redvers's grandfather Camilo Conceicao, a Portuguese poet. The last, "Sarraute's Surgery", is set in and around Port Douglas in Queensland and features local GP, Judith Sarraute, who had been Redvers's doctor when she was still practising in Sydney.

Reviews

 * The Sydney Morning Herald

Awards and nominations

 * 2010 shortlisted Festival Awards for Literature (SA) — Award for Fiction
 * 2010 shortlisted Miles Franklin Literary Award
 * 2010 shortlisted Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Best Fiction Book
 * 2010 shortlisted Victorian Premier's Literary Awards — The Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction