"The Acolyte is a Miles Franklin Award winning novel by Australian author Thea Astley first published in 1972.It is told in the first person by \u201Cthe acolyte,\u201D Paul Vesper. The novel traces the career of a fictional Australian musician and composer named Jack Holberg. Beginning in obscurity as a piano player in Grogbusters, a dreary little Queensland town, the blind Holberg eventually gains international recognition as a composer."@en . . . . . "The Acolyte"@en . . . .