The Fiddler: A Tale of Sex, Drugs and a String Quartet - Softcover

Dodd, R J

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0993541402 ISBN 13: 9780993541407

Publisher: Avanti Ventures Ltd, 2016

Synopsis

Due to a chance encounter with Mozart’s orchestra en route to Rome to perform for the Pope, Dante Gabriele - a talented young violinist, tutored by his uncle a parish priest - decides to abandon his family farm in southern Italy and join the musicians.He is soon embroiled in a world of drugs, uninhibited sex, depraved aristocrats, love, treachery, white slavery and frustrated nuns in a remote mountain nunnery, and his life is almost destroyed when his lover is taken from him.Disillusioned with his fate and grieving over his lost love, Dante – now a fugitive from justice - eventually moves back to his old world and village where he is visited by devastating reminders of his past……. Set in Venice and Rome in the 1700s.

About this title

About the Author

R J Dodd is a professional Director of Photography in the UK film and TV industry. Whilst filming is his main occupation he has always had a passion for writing and has recently taken up the challenge of turning some of his own screenplays into novels. A cinematic sense is very much present in all of his work.

Edition details

• Publisher: Avanti Ventures Ltd
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0993541402
• ISBN 13: 9780993541407
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 221