The Silent World of Hector Mann is a 2010 album by Duke Special, featuring songs inspired by the fictional silent film star Hector Mann from Paul Auster's 2002 novel The Book of Illusions, who starred in twelve films before disappearing. Special wrote "Mister Nobody", inspired by the title of one of Mann's films, and sent the novel to eleven songwriters of his acquaintance, asking them each to write a song based on one of the twelve filmsFeatures: Duke Special, Culture Northern Ireland, 29 June 2010 in a pre-rock and roll style.John Walshe, Album Review: The Stage, a Book and the Silver Screen, State.ie, 23 February 2010
The album was produced by Steve Albini and recorded at his Electrical Audio studios in Chicago.Kernan Andrews, "Duke Special - Berlin, books, and Steve Albini", Galway Advertiser, 13 May 2010 It was released both on its own and as part of a box set entitled The Stage, A Book And The Silver Screen, which also includes Mother Courage and Her Children and the Huckleberry Finn EP, funded via the online crowdsourcing platform PledgeMusic.Jack Foley, Duke Special - The Stage, a Book and the Silver Screen, IndieLondon
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External links Description page on Duke Special's website