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The American. Martin Booth
Martin Booth
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Description for The American. Martin Booth
paperback. The locals in the Italian village where he lives call him Signor Farfalla - Mr Butterfly. He is a discreet gentleman who spends his time studying rare butterflies. But Farfalla's real profession is deadly. He considers himself an artisan, not for the butterflies he paints but for the guns he creates for assassins. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 25. Weight in Grams: 260.
The locals in the Italian village where he lives call him Signor Farfalla - Mr Butterfly. He is a discreet gentleman who spends his time studying rare butterflies.
But Farfalla's real profession is deadly. He considers himself an artisan, not for the butterflies he paints but for the guns he creates for assassins.
Farfalla has resolved to make his next job his last. Then, perhaps, he can settle down comfortably in the Italian village he has grown to love and enjoy the remainder of his life without constantly looking over his shoulder.
But a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bantam
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780553825725
SKU
9780553825725
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About Martin Booth
Martin Booth, novelist, critic, biographer, children's author and social historian, died of a brain tumor in 2004. Shortly after diagnosis, he began to write his acclaimed memoir of his childhood in Hong Kong, Gweilo which he completed shortly before his death. Amongst his acclaimed novels were Hiroshima Joe, based on the life of a real down-and-out Briton who had ... Read more
Reviews for The American. Martin Booth
There are echoes of Nabokov in this in this tense and poetic mystery
Today
Crisp yet lyrical, simple yet intelligent...haunting, shocking, and tense...Readers looking for thought-provoking literary fiction can't do any better than this
Booklist
A psychological suspense thriller invested with life-and-death gravitas
Seattle Times
With Farfalla, Booth has a created a rich, conflicted ... Read more
Today
Crisp yet lyrical, simple yet intelligent...haunting, shocking, and tense...Readers looking for thought-provoking literary fiction can't do any better than this
Booklist
A psychological suspense thriller invested with life-and-death gravitas
Seattle Times
With Farfalla, Booth has a created a rich, conflicted ... Read more