Young Conor goes to Dublin to study music with "The Maestro" in a quest to become a “Great Composer.” He imagines himself standing at the foot of Parnassus (a mountain in Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses of poets and poetry).  In the halls of the school, he discovers his own muse, but she may be unattainable. At his rooming house run by two old Dublin characters, he becomes more than just the newest “PG” (paying guest) and learns some family secrets. His enthusiasm is dampened by the realities of the creative process and the distractions of personal commitments with delightfully hilarious results.

About the author
HUGH CARR was born in Dunkineely Co. Donegal and grew up in the Donegal Gaeltacht.
After moving to Dublin he studied music at the Royal Irish Academy of Music and later with Frederick May.   In 1962 he entered the Irish civil service where he worked in the district court until taking early retirement in 1988 to write full time.  He has had plays presented at the Peacock, the Abbey, the Gate, in five Dublin Theatre Festivals, in London and New York.  His short stories have been broadcast by RTE and have appeared in New Irish Writing.  A novel Voices From a Far Country was published by Blackstaff  Press.