The City of Your Final Destination - Hardcover

Cameron, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374281971 ISBN 13: 9780374281977

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2002

Synopsis

Denied a request to write an authorized biography about the late author Jules Gund, doctoral student Omar Razaghi travels to Uruguay to petition his goal in person and finds support from Gund's brother, Adam, who works with Omar to change the minds of the female members of the estate. 15,000 first printing.

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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: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0374281971
• ISBN 13: 9780374281977
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 311