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The Various Flavours of Coffee
Anthony Capella
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Description for The Various Flavours of Coffee
Paperback. The brilliant new novel from Anthony Capella, author of the bestselling The Food of Love and The Wedding Officer. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 31. Weight in Grams: 324.
It is 1895. Robert Wallis, would-be poet, bohemian and impoverished dandy, accepts a commission from coffee merchant Samuel Pinker to categorise the different tastes of coffee - and encounters Pinker's free-thinking daughters, Philomenia, Ada and Emily. As romance blossoms with Emily, Robert realises that the Muse and marriage may not be incompatible after all.
Sent to Abyssinia to make his fortune in the coffee trade, he becomes obsessed with a negro slave girl, Fikre. He decides to use the money he has saved to buy her from her owner - a decision that will change not only ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
326g
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780751539431
SKU
V9780751539431
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Anthony Capella
Anthony Capella is based in London and Oxford. He writes regular travel pieces for the Sunday Times, for which he researches exotic foods.
Reviews for The Various Flavours of Coffee
An erotic, exotic story set at the turn of the 20th century, which builds upon Mr Capella's reputation as a writer of gourmet fiction . . . [an] imaginative storyline and boldly descriptive prose
Economist
The surprising plot twists and authentic love story will make this a crowd-pleaser
Publishers Weekly
A fast-paced narrative propelled by Capella's ... Read more
Economist
The surprising plot twists and authentic love story will make this a crowd-pleaser
Publishers Weekly
A fast-paced narrative propelled by Capella's ... Read more