- Hotelkeepers, Man-woman relationships, Americans, Fiction
A novel that spans fifty years. The Italian housekeeper and his long-lost American starlet; the producer who once brought them together, and his assistant. A glittering world filled with unforgettable characters.
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Nostalgic, classical in form, grave and effortless.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
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- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Jess Walter
- First published
- 2012
- Pages
- 337
- Publisher
- Harper
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780061928123
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Jess Walter is an American author of seven novels, two collections of short stories, and a non-fiction book. He is the recipient of the Edgar Allan Poe Award, and was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2006.
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