The Long Table Dinner - Softcover

Frahmann, Dennis

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0578429942 ISBN 13: 9780578429946

Publisher: Loon Town Books, 2019

Synopsis

A cranky old rancher was never one to welcome visitors but then one night hundreds show up for dinner. For over a century, the historic Mazzetti Ranch has hugged the coast of Central California. Its owner, Teddy, has never been one to welcome the occasional visitor, not even those seeking out his well-regarded grass-fed beef or domestic abalone.But in a moment of weakness, he has agreed to allow an outside firm to host a dinner for over two hundred people on his beloved cliffs.Little does he know that this event will draw out the attendance of both friends and foes, long term and new. Faced with the uncertainties of his future and lost opportunities of his past, Teddy Mazzetti just needs to find the strength to survive this Long Table Dinner. And maybe, just maybe, he will learn that there's more to life than the valley of beloved coastline.

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Review:

"Frahmann's novel tells the story of several lives intersecting at an elaborate outdoor dinner . . . Teddy is shown to be a wonderfully complex character who's alternately infuriating and captivating - which is all the more impressive given how little he actually speaks over the course of the narrative. The novel luxuriates in rarified pleasures - culinary delicacies, expensive wine, and clifftop beauty, purchased at $250 a plate - while also ruminating on the hollowness of life and how easily time can be lost to inaction. A finely crafted story about late-in-life regrets." - Kirkus Reviews

About this edition

• Publisher: Loon Town Books
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0578429942
• ISBN 13: 9780578429946
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 250