PAPERBACK EDITION. SOFT COVER MID SIZE-SOME FOXING AND FRAYING TO SPINE EDGE..PENCIL NOTATIONS INSIDE BOOK - CAN BE ERASED= WILL COMBINE BOOKS TO SAVE POSTAGE IF POSSIBLE-Maestro is a 1989 novel written by Australian author Peter Goldsworthy. It is a bildungsroman which deals with the themes of art and life. The novel was shortlisted for the 1990 Miles Franklin Award. It has been translated into German, and is a set text on year-twelve syllabuses in several Australian states. It was chosen for the inaugural Australian "One Book?One Town" project. In 2003, it appeared as number 22 on the Australian Society of Authors' list of the top-forty Australian books ever published.