Well-Tempered Clavicle

Well-Tempered Clavicle is the 35th book of the Xanth series by Piers Anthony. The title is a pun on the Bach musical work The Well-Tempered Clavier.

Well-Tempered Clavicle
First edition
AuthorPiers Anthony
Cover artistDarrell K. Sweet
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy novel
PublisherTor Books
Publication date
22 November 2011
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages320
ISBN978-0-7653-3134-2
Preceded byKnot Gneiss 
Followed byLuck of the Draw 

The back cover of the book states the following:

"When a walking skeleton named Picka Bones happens upon a trio of melodic pets and a lovely, lovelorn princess, his dull and passionless existence is suddenly filled with danger, excitement, and the temptations of the flesh. For a plague of appalling puns has been unleashed on Xanth, and only Picka's musical gifts have the power to save the enchanted realm from the dire monster who imperils it."

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