Thom Yorke is a British musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer, principal songwriter, and one of the founding members of the British band Radiohead.
The novel concerns the life of a young nobleman, also known as Gwynplaine, disfigured as a child (on the orders of the king), who travels with his protector and companion the vagabond philosopher Ursus and Dea the baby girl he rescues during a storm.
