Rancid Pansies

The hero of this black farce of a book is Gerald Samper, a ghostwriter to unbearable sports celebrities and rock stars, whose dream is to write the libretto of an opera. After an unsuccessful sojourn in Suffolk that ends in the accidental death of an ancient aristocrat, Gerry returns to Tuscany to the site of his collapsed house, now a place of pilgrimage after the strange apparition of a deceased English princess with great legs. A sinister estate agent smells a chance to make serious money, and Gerry is persuaded to go along with the scam in return for certain favours. Meanwhile, Gerry is motivated to collaborate on an opera about the life of Princess Diana, the not-quite-saint who has inspired such strange devotion. The premiere will be the high point of his life, though not quite in the way he imagines...

ISBN 0571238459   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9780571238453 (What's this?)   Pages 272 Publisher Faber and Faber   Weight (grammes) 304 Imprint Faber and Faber   Published in London Format Paperback   Height (mm) 216 Publication date 03 Jul 2008   Width (mm) 138 Illustrator Marian Hill   Spine width (mm) 22 DEWEY 823.914   Academic level General

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