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Synopsis
Soothsayer and clairvoyant Primo Verona has such a strong gift for the supernatural that he was able to predict his own mother's death when he was still in the womb. But he needs all of his powers now because Lucifer has come to pay a visit and the stories of man must live on somehow.
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'A lavish evocation and celebration of life...A very pleasurable book' -- Irish Examiner, Spetember 2003
'A marvellous novel, written with style, gusto and immense charm...Delightfully dark and witty’ -- JOANNE HARRIS
'An imaginative story, unusual, well written and marvellously evocative' -- Choice (Book of the Month)
'Announces the arrival of an exciting new talent, a writer capable of handling magical realism without sacrificing believability' -- Daily Mail
'Dense with sensual imagery...sure to secure itself and international audience' -- The Guardian, October 2003
'It announces the arrival of an exciting new talent' -- Daily Mail, 5 September 2003
'Tender, witty and engaging' -- J M COETZEE
'unusual, well-written and marvellously evocative' -- Choice, September 2003
‘A fruitcake of a novel: spicy, aromatic and rich’ -- LILY PRIOR, author of LA CUCINA
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A dazzling and richly textured novel that mixes magical realism with the big themes - war, love, death, the afterlife - to devastating effect
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- PublisherBantam Press
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0593051769
- ISBN 13 9780593051764
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages224
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Hardcover. Condition: Good (ex-library). Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 223 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Bantam, 2003. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in good (ex-library) condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Ex-library with usual marks, stamps, stickers. Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Spine has minor lean. Dust jacket has light creasing. Edges of dust jacket have light bumping. Dust jacket is unclipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear, plastic sleeve. Edges of pages are lightly browned. Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: Primo Verona, a professional magician and soothsayer, is born with a gift of clairvoyance so strong that he is able to predict his own mother's death while still in her womb. He is brought up on a rich diet of astronomy, philosophy and storytelling by his watchmaker father and widowed aunt, both survivors of the death camps in Auschwitz. Primo accurately reads the futures of the local Long Street community of Italians and Jews, who pay him in wads of money, honey cake, tiramisu and other delicacies. asquale Benvenuto, his close friend since childhood and fellow soldier in the Angolan war, is the owner of a bar and delicatessen favoured by local businessmen and gamblers alike. Pasquale is passionate and headstrong, his culinary reputation resting on the recipes for the fruited breads and salamis his father taught him to make - a love of which he acquired while hiding from the horrors of the Holocaust. Together Primo and Pasquale form an easy friendship triangle with the beautiful Beatrice, Primo's wife and Pasquale's former girlfriend, but when she leaves her husband for her old love, Primo is thrown into despair. He casts spells to spoil Pasquale's creations and to win back Beatr *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; General; ISBN: 0593051769. ISBN/EAN: 9780593051764. Inventory No: 20020295. Seller Inventory # 20020295
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