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Hamilton-Paterson J
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Cooking With Fernet Branca |
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English |
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Paperback |
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304 |
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2005-06-02 |
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0571220916 |
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Faber and Faber |
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0.44 pounds |
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4.96 x 0.0 x 7.8 inches |
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Gerald Samper, an effete Englishman, lives on a hilltop in Tuscany. He is a ghostwriter for celebrities, and a foodie, whose weird tastes include 'Mussels in Chocolate and Garlic' and 'Fernet Branca Ice Cream'. His idyll is shattered by the arrival of Marta, a vulgar woman from a former Soviet republic now run by gangsters, notably male members of her family. She is a composer in a neo-folk style who claims to be writing a score for a trendy Italian film director. The neighbours' lives disastrously intertwine. The entourages of the rock star and the director come and go; mysterious black helicopters bring news of mayhem in Voynova, Marta's homeland; and along the way the English obsession with Tuscany is satirized mercilessly.
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http://bookmooch.com/0571220916 |
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