The City of Your Final Destination - Softcover

Cameron Mbbs MD Facem, Professor Cepmlp University Of Dundee And Professor Robert Schuman Centre Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312656548 ISBN 13: 9780312656546

Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL, 2010

Synopsis

A wryly humorous, impeccably observed novel about the capriciousness of love

Omar Razaghi posts a letter on September 13, 1995 that will change the course of his life forever. A doctoral student at the University of Kansas, he writes to the estate of the Latin American author Jules Gund, requesting permission to write Gund's authorized biography. His request is refused, but Omar has already accepted a fellowship from the university, and with his girlfriend's vehement encouragement, he goes in person to Uruguay to petition to Gund's three executors. Although Caroline Gund, Jules' wife, and Arden Langdon, Jules' mistress and mother of his child, are initially opposed to the idea of a biography, Omar has the support of Adam, Jules' older brother, and hopes to be able to persuade the twwo women. Omar's unexpected arrival in Uruguay reverberates through this odd and isolated little family group, and his stay in the languid, dreamy Ochos Rios makes him question his former life in Kansas, and his ability-even his desire-to write an "authorized" life.

A novel about the random nature of love, and the ways in which we confront or avoid life's choices, The City of Your Final Destination is a touching, clever and wonderfully comic fourth novel from Peter Cameron.

The City of Your Final Destination was made into a film, starring Anthony Hopkins, Laura Linney and Charlotte Gainsbourg. It was released in 2007.

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Review

‘The overall effect is of a pleasurable melancholy, a sophisticated, slightly old-fashioned romance.' Lindsay Duguid, Sunday Times

"Magical, wonderful, enchanting." Theo Tait, TLS

From the Back Cover

Omar has won an award to write the authorised biography of a celebrated yet obscure writer, Jules Gund, author of The Gondola. It only remains for him to obtain permission from Gund's literary executors: his widow, his mistress and his brother. Their lives still revolve around Ochos Rios, a dilapidated mansion in Uruguay that Gund's parents built after fleeing Nazi Germany. The three cannot agree to approve the work – although Adam Gund feels sure this will not stop Omar, because biographers are clever, vindictive, ruthless people.'

If Omar cannot reverse the executors' decision, he will lose his award, his job and, perhaps, his redoubtable girlfriend. Not allowing himself time for reflection, Omar acts against instinct and flies to Uruguay. There, he disturbs the uneasy intimacy of the world Gund has left behind and changes it forever.

A writer of unusual restraint and sly humour, Peter Cameron has an unering eye for those moments when an impulsive action can transform a person’s destiny. This romantic, moving story explores the mysterious concepts of love and home with a startling clarity and lightness of touch.

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0312656548
• ISBN 13: 9780312656546
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320