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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780312309091
- Book Title
- Very Private Gentleman : a Novel
- Publisher
- Picador
- Item Length
- 8.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Thrillers / Crime, Psychological, Thrillers / Suspense, General
- Item Weight
- 13.4 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Picador
ISBN-10
0312309090
ISBN-13
9780312309091
eBay Product ID (ePID)
43396793
Product Key Features
Book Title
Very Private Gentleman : a Novel
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Thrillers / Crime, Psychological, Thrillers / Suspense, General
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
13.4 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2004-057252
Reviews
With Farfalla, Booth has a created a rich, conflicted antihero whose clever rationalizations mask a soul weary with self-doubt...making us question our own moral values, our sense of right and wrong--and where exactly to draw the line., "With Farfalla, Booth has a created a rich, conflicted antihero whose clever rationalizations mask a soul weary with self-doubt...making us question our own moral values, our sense of right and wrong--and where exactly to draw the line."--Boston Globe "A psychological suspense thriller invested with life-and-death gravitas."--Seattle Times "There are echoes of Nabokov in this in this tense and poetic mystery."--Today (UK), "Crisp yet lyrical, simple yet intelligent...haunting, shocking, and tense."--Booklist "With Farfalla, Booth has a created a rich, conflicted antihero whose clever rationalizations mask a soul weary with self-doubt...making us question our own moral values, our sense of right and wrong--and where exactly to draw the line."--Boston Globe "A psychological suspense thriller invested with life-and-death gravitas."--Seattle Times "There are echoes of Nabokov in this in this tense and poetic mystery."--Today(UK), "Crisp yet lyrical, simple yet intelligent...haunting, shocking, and tense." -- Booklist "With Farfalla, Booth has a created a rich, conflicted antihero whose clever rationalizations mask a soul weary with self-doubt...making us question our own moral values, our sense of right and wrong--and where exactly to draw the line." -- Boston Globe "A psychological suspense thriller invested with life-and-death gravitas." -- Seattle Times "There are echoes of Nabokov in this in this tense and poetic mystery." -- Today (UK), "Crisp yet lyrical, simple yet intelligent...haunting, shocking, and tense."-- Booklist "With Farfalla, Booth has a created a rich, conflicted antihero whose clever rationalizations mask a soul weary with self-doubt...making us question our own moral values, our sense of right and wrong--and where exactly to draw the line."-- Boston Globe "A psychological suspense thriller invested with life-and-death gravitas."-- Seattle Times "There are echoes of Nabokov in this in this tense and poetic mystery."-- Today (UK)
TitleLeading
A
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
823/.914
Edition Description
Special
Synopsis
BASIS FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE THE AMERICAN , STARRING GEORGE CLOONEY AND DIRECTED BY ANTON CORBIJN The locals in the Italian village where he lives call him Signor Farfalla--Mr. Butterfly--for he appears to be a discreet gentleman who paints rare butterflies. But as inconspicuous as Farfalla tries to make himself, his real profession is deadly, unbeknownst to the sometime brothel worker, Clara, with whom he sleeps. Of a certain age, and as his feelings for Clara intensify, Farfalla has resolved to make his next job his last--all the while sensing a treacherous circle closing in on him., From the Booker shortlisted author of Islands of Silence and The Industry of Souls comes a fascinating portrait of a man with a double life and a dark trade., SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE, THE AMERICAN , STARRING GEORGE CLOONEY AND DIRECTED BY ANTON CORBIJN The locals in the Italian village where he lives call him Signor Farfalla--Mr. Butterfly--for he appears to be a discreet gentleman who paints rare butterflies. But as inconspicuous as Farfalla tries to make himself, his real profession is deadly, unbeknownst to the sometime brothel worker, Clara, with whom he sleeps. Of a certain age, and as his feelings for Clara intensify, Farfalla has resolved to make his next job his last--all the while sensing a treacherous circle closing in on him.
LC Classification Number
PR6052.O63V47 2004b
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