Debussy's Slippers
is a hilarious novel by Steve Exeter that humorously imagines the meeting of composers George Gershwin and Maurice Ravel. Ravel, a French maestro, treasures a pair of Turkish slippers passed down from Claude Debussy, believing they inspire great compositions. Gershwin, an American composer, accidentally acquires the slippers during a train journey. When he wears them, hilarity ensues as he's transported into a world of musical mishaps. The novel celebrates absurdity, artistic identity, and the universal language of music, all while weaving a comically unexpected encounter between these musical giants.