
Fiennes has exceptional gifts & he has written a small masterpiece a tribute to the power of place family & memory
- Sunday Telegraph". William Fiennes childhood was one of imagination & curiosity bounded only by the horizon he saw from the roof-tiles of his ancient family home. His older brother Richard known for his towering presence his inventiveness his great passion for Leeds United & his suffering due to severe epilepsy was an adored & charismatic figure in his life. Years later eager to understand his brothers mind as fully as the ancient trees & secret haunts of his own journey towards adulthood William Fiennes has written a profoundly moving account of his home his familys care & above all of Richard. " The Music Room" is a luminous testament to the miracle of consciousness & to the permanence of love. On putting the book down I felt as if I had been hypnotised. It held me entranced afraid & awed. All human grief & glory shimmers off the page
- Libby Purves " The Times"."