A monk practices a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from worldly pleasures.
Musical fiction is a genre of fiction in which music is paramount  : both as subject matter , and through the rhythm and flow of the prose ; that is , music is manifested through the language itself .. Notable authors who have written novels of musical fiction include Don DeLillo -LRB- Great Jones Street -RRB- , Tom Perotta -LRB- The Wishbones -RRB- , Lewis Shiner -LRB- Glimpses -RRB- , Roddy Doyle -LRB- The Commitments -RRB- , Robert Dunn -LRB- Pink Cadillac -RRB- , Nick Hornby -LRB- High Fidelity -RRB- , Ibi Kaslik -LRB- The Angel Riots -RRB- , Scott Spencer -LRB- The Rich Man 's Table -RRB- , Brian Paone -LRB- Yours Truly , 2095 -RRB- , and Randy Blazak -LRB- The Mission of the Sacred Heart -RRB- .. Don DeLillo. Don DeLillo. Tom Perotta. Tom Perotta. Lewis Shiner. Lewis Shiner. Roddy Doyle. Roddy Doyle. Robert Dunn. Robert Dunn ( novelist ). Nick Hornby. Nick Hornby. Ibi Kaslik. Ibi Kaslik. Scott Spencer. Scott Spencer ( author )