{"product_id":"the-lover-of-no-fixed-abode-paperback","title":"The Lover of No Fixed Abode - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFranco Lucentini\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGregory Dowling\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA passionate affair set in Venice between a Roman princess searching for undervalued paintings and a mysterious tour guide. A\u003c\/b\u003ert shenanigans become unavoidable, but the guide's true identity is the mystery that drives the story.\u003c\/p\u003eTheir passion will last three days, long enough to be exposed to unscrupulous art dealers and scammers passing off worthless paintings as part of a famous collection. She goes to cosmopolitan parties given by Venetian social and art glitterati. Mr Silvera, a guide whose erudition and distinction sharply contrast with his beat-up suitcase and stain-spotted raincoat, drags his shabby tourists from monument to monument.Around them are the canals and lagoons of Venice, a city which becomes a character in the novel in its own right. Written with elegance and wit, this is an atypical, sophisticated novel of love, crime and social satire worthy of Fellini's \u003ci\u003eDolce Vita\u003c\/i\u003e or Sorrentino's \u003ci\u003eThe Great Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e.The novel does have a mystery at its heart - and it concerns the identity of the principal character, apparently a tour guide, but clearly something else as well. \u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthors\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003cb\u003eCarlo Fruttero \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eFranco Lucentini\u003c\/b\u003e were a well-known literary duo in Italy for several decades until Lucentini's death (by suicide) in 2002. For forty years they co-wrote magazine articles, literary essays, and published six groundbreaking and best-selling mystery novels. \u003ci\u003eThe Lover of No Fixed Abode\u003c\/i\u003e, first published in 1986, is the fourth of their novels. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslator\u003c\/b\u003e: \u003cb\u003eGregory Dowling\u003c\/b\u003e studied English Literature at Oxford. Gregory now teaches American literature at Ca' Foscari University in Venice. He published four thrillers in the1990s and then devoted himself to academic work and translation. He returned to fiction in 2015, with \u003ci\u003eAscension\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Four Horsemen, \u003c\/i\u003enovels set in 18th-century Venice.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759155413280,"sku":"9781913394905","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b31872fdb8aaf662960b8a7806ca4580.webp?v=1780143723","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-lover-of-no-fixed-abode-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}