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I just finished "Intermission" by Owen Martell, a Welsh novelist, who wrote a short (168 pages) novel about Bill Evans. It takes place in the time (1961) immediately after Scott La Faro was killed in that car accident in upstate NY. Evans is in mourning throughout the entire book, and barely speaks a word. It's told from the viewpoints of four different people; Harry Evans Jr., Bill's brother,

Mary Evans, Bill's mother, Harry Evans Sr., Bill's father, and finally a short coda featuring Bill Evans. 

The writing is very good, but it mostly involves the life of Evans' father, a Welsh immigrant, and the lives of Bill's brother Harry. The parts concerning Bill Evans mainly center on his interior life, not his music. Paul Motian and Chuck Israels are briefly mentioned, but don't expect much about Evans' career in this poetic, introspective novel. 

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