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Book three in the aGerald Sampera series "(Cooking with Fernet
Branca, Amazing Disgrace)"
When we last saw our hero he had taken to his bed in England, his
beloved home in Tuscany having inexplicably capsized into a ravine.
As Rancid Pansies opens, Samper is recuperating in Sussex at the
home of the famous conductor Max Christ when he learns that film
rights to his book on Millie Cleatathe one-armed yachtswoman whose
inadvertent hari-kari, televised on Christmas day, gave his book an
enormous boostahave been sold.
This windfall is sufficient to finance a return to Italy and
provide the time to indulge a long suppressed aspiration: writing
the libretto for an opera (if only he can find a suitable subject).
Before departing, the ever-gracious Gerald insists on preparing a
farewell dinner for Max, his family and friends. The meal of liver
smoothies and field mouse vol-au-vent is a memory-makeraand the
assembled companyas gag reflex is one of heroic proportions.
Back in Italy, Gerald discovers that an offhand remark he had made
while surveying the wreckage of his house, claiming he and his
friends were saved by an apparition of the late Princess of Wales,
has found its way into the Italian newspapers. Now, religious
pilgrims and curious tourists have erected an ad hoc shrine on what
is left of his property. Annoying to be sure, but there is the
kernel of a grand idea here. Opera requires romance and tragedy,
right? And who more than the Peopleas Princess had such theatrics
in super-sized quantities? And, if Princess Diana were to become
Saint Diana, think of the promotional possibilities, the
merchandising! So fasten your seat belts: itas going to be a
hilarious journey with some of the most appealing comic characters
and sumptuous writing in recent literature.
General
Imprint: |
Europa Editions
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2008 |
First published: |
November 2008 |
Authors: |
James Hamilton-Paterson
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Dimensions: |
208 x 135 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
288 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-933372-62-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
1-933372-62-1 |
Barcode: |
9781933372624 |
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