The Condition of Muzak
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| Author | Michael Moorcock |
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| Cover artist | Richard Glyn Jones |
| Language | English |
| Series | Jerry Cornelius |
| Genre | Literary fiction |
| Publisher | Allison & Busby |
Publication date | 1977 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 313 pp |
| ISBN | 0-85031-044-X |
| OCLC | 3098365 |
| 823/.9/14 | |
| LC Class | PZ4.M8185 Co PR6063.O59 |
| Preceded by | The English Assassin |
The Condition of Muzak is a novel by British fantasy and science fiction writer Michael Moorcock, published by Allison & Busby in 1977. It is the final novel of his long-running Jerry Cornelius series. It was first published in its revised form in 1979.
The novel won the 1977 Guardian Fiction Prize. The title refers to Walter Pater's maxim: "All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music".