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[Suppards]

I've just finished re-reading Annie Proulx's novel "Accordion Crimes" and it's set me wondering whether there are any other novels which feature a squeezebox/squeezeboxes?

[rees]

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is a good read and features an accordion.

[John MacKenzie (Cugiok)]

Funny that. I bought that book for obvious reasons, and couldn't get through it. The series of contrived coincidences she used to string the narrative together, were not credible. Not many books I've given up on, but that was one.

John

[Graham Spencer]

Funny that. I bought that book for obvious reasons, and couldn't get through it. The series of contrived coincidences she used to string the narrative together, were not credible. Not many books I've given up on, but that was one.

John

I've read worse. For instance, after having forced myself through The Da Vinci Code (I REALLY don't like not finishing a book, however bad, once I've started) I'd sooner stick hot needles in my eyes than read another Dan Brown.  Oh, and I once picked up a Danielle Steel that we'd "inherited" when we bought our house. I lasted nearly three pages.........

Graham

[Thrupenny Bit]

If 'Accordian Crimes' is about an accordion that gets into America via a German pig breeder (?)
...it's the only book I ever remember returning to it's owner as I really didn't like it and stopped reading it.
I can't remember that happening ever before or since.
Q

[Aldina]

Christmas story - The Melodeon by Glendon Fred Swarthout
Biograph - Accordion Man: The Legendary Dick Contino - Bob Bove
Novel - The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Novel - The Accordion by Susan Parrish
Novel - The Accordion by Don March
Children book - Mendel's Accordion by Heidi Smith Hyde
You can find most of them at Amazon. There are also movies, but in most of this books and movies the accordion is the piano accordion, not the melodeon.
The book thief, trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92EBSmxinus
Schultze Gets The Blues - Can see trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oWc4BRssew
Holy motors -  accordion scene, you can see here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR9ktdI4LFM
Marlene Dietrich playing the accordion in scene from "Witness for the Prosecution".  "I May Never Go Home Anymore" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfkdDjSYw_M
Enjoy

[Suppards]

Wow!  That's a comprehensive answer Aldina! 

[rees]

Zydeco man John Delafose and his band appear in the film "Passionfish".

[robotmay]

Lark Rise to Candleford (both the series and the book) feature a melodeon in the hands of Alf. I think the actor may even have learnt a few tunes for the show (there's one or two which are simple and actually look like he's playing), though quite a lot of them are obviously mimed.

[rees]

In the BBC series he was miming to me (claim to fame    )

[Suppards]

#impressed!   Better than my claim to fame which I cannot mention on here as it may frighten the horses!.

It puzzles me why they would have an actor miming box playing instead of just kitting you out in period dress and having you actually play.  Was having Alf play the box plot critical ie his wife topped him with a bill-hook because of his incessant and unreasonable playing of morris tunes?

Still, I expect you rake in huge royalties every time they repeat that episode and are even now considering a move to the south of France.  Hence the  ?

[robotmay]

Alf's a pretty central character so I suspect they figured it wasn't worth the hassle of finding a box player who could act
Maybe they could have had Rees stood behind him pretending to be his arms, then he'd have been 'Alf n Alf.

_{Rare opportunity for a Welsh-themed pun}

[Suppards]

 .  Rolls on floor laughing - in Welsh.

[rees]

It was kind of Alf and Alf as I was on set (in costume) playing where needed.

Thanks to LDT for the pics.

[robotmay]

Ooh I completely missed that when I last watched it. There was a tune from that series which I've been meaning to learn actually, I'll have to scan through a few episodes to figure out which one it was though!

[The Blues Viking]

There's also Belizaire the Cajun in which the lead character (Armand Assante) plays a Cajun Accordion. Or rather, pretends to.

TBV