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The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century graphic novel John Coltrane stood astride thePreviously Enjoyed Book: Good Condition Author: Alex Ross Winner of the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism A New York Times Book Review Top Ten Book of the Year Time magazine Top Ten Nonfiction Book of 2007 Newsweek Favorite Books of 2007 A Washington Post Book World Best Book of 2007 In this sweeping and dramatic narrative, Alex Ross, music critic for The New Yorker, weaves together the histories of the twentieth century and its