““They’re absolutely necrotic, aren’t they?” Colin whispered behind his order of service.
“It’s late twentieth century atonal,” Dunworthy whispered back. “It’s supposed to sound dreadful.””

—  Connie Willis , book Doomsday Book

Source: Doomsday Book (1992), Chapter 14 (p. 219)

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