Dead Letters - Softcover

Francis King

4.17

12 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749003790 ISBN 13: 9780749003791

Publisher: Allison & Busby Ltd, 1998

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This is Francis King at his very best as he enters not only the world and sensibilities of Stefano, old and declining, a prince from an ancient Sicilian family with an unfinished novel in him, but the simple, good-natured and damaged heart of Steve, an Australian hitch-hiking the world, who hates to be touched, is wary of affection and is incurious and unable to educate himself. In restoring the prince's magnificent Bugatti, Steve brings satisfaction to his own life and provides Stefano with the creative energy to finish his great work.

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About the Author:

Francis King's first three novels were published while he was still an undergraduate at Oxford, and since then he has won many prizes for his work. Allison & Busby have recently published his widely acclaimed short stories, A Hand at the Shutter.

Review:

`His subtlety and empathy have never been so movingly revealed...he has done nothing finer'; Paul Binding, The Independent; `A novelist of discernment the surface of whose narrative is so attractive that only on reflection do you realise how deep he goes' Alan Massie, Daily Telegraph; `A very readable book ... I don't know quite what it means if one suddenly bursts into floods of tears while reading a book, but this is what happened to me towards the end of this short, sharp novel' Andrew Barrow, Literary Review; `King at his very best' Isabel Quigley, The Tablet; Thoughtful and engaging novel' Gay Times

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