| Author: |
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Jonathan Keates
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| Title: |
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Allegro Postillions |
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No copies available |
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English |
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Paperback |
| Pages: |
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128 |
| Date: |
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1985 |
| ISBN: |
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0552991333 |
| Publisher: |
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Black Swan |
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0.25 pounds |
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4.9 x 7.5 x 0.3 inches |
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First edition & printing in this form |
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| Previous givers: |
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1 Lesley (United Kingdom) |
| Previous moochers: |
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1 Smudgeroony (United Kingdom) |
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| Description: |
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Product Description
Massacre and revolution in the mountains of Calabria, passion and betrayal in a Venetian opera house, a web of baffled desire spun during a summer in Verona, a world where exile kills more swiftly than death itself, where innocence becomes a lethal weapon, where lies are saving graces - this is the brittle, bizarre and menacing background to Allegro Postillions. Jonathan Keates's prize-winning collection gathers together four stories of haunting and magnetic brilliance set in 19th-century Italy, a war-torn, emerging nation of secrets and enigmas, of sudden violence and muted anguish, a land where the sought-after beauties of art clash with the unavoidable truth of life as it is lived. 'Keates's florid tales of revolution and love, passion and exile, innocence and death create a highly charged atmosphere ... an exciting, adventurous book.' -- Sunday Times 'A dream object ... pre-eminently, wonderfully solid and [it] has the aura of palpable accomplishment ... a virtuoso performance.' -- Literary Review 'Morn Advancing ... alone justifies this book, and leaves an imprint on the memory like a Breughel landscape.' -- Times Literary Supplement 'Clever and extremely stylish.' -- Daily Telegraph
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http://bookmooch.com/0552991333 |
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