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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.
TITLE: Cooking with Fernet Branca
AUTHOR: James Hamilton-Paterson
SKU: 9780571220915
PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber
DATE PUBLISHED: 02/06/2005
PLACE PUBLISHED: United Kingdom
PAGES: 304
BINDING: Paperback / softback
LANGUAGE: English
DIMENSIONS: 128 mm x 197 mm