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Gerald Samper, an effete Englishman, lives on a hilltop in Tuscany. He is a ghostwriter for celebrities, and a foodie, whose weird tastes include 'Mussels in Chocolate and Garlic' and 'Fernet Branca Ice Cream'. His idyll is shattered by the arrival of Marta, a vulgar woman from a former Soviet republic now run by gangsters, notably male members of her family. She is a composer in a neo-folk style who claims to be writing a score for a trendy Italian film director. The neighbours' lives disastrously intertwine. The entourages of the rock star and the director come and go; mysterious black helicopters bring news of mayhem in Voynova, Marta's homeland; and along the way the English obsession with Tuscany is satirized mercilessly. World rights for Cooking with Fernet Branca are controlled by Faber. Rights for Germany have already been sold.
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James Hamilton-Paterson is the author of Gerontius, winner of a Whitbread Prize; Seven-Tenths: The Sea and its Thresholds; Playing With Water; and most recently, of the wild comic trilogy Cooking With Fernet Branca, Amazing Disgrace and Rancid Pansies.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Witty and highly entertaining!,
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This review is from: Cooking With Fernet Branca (Paperback)
I was given this for Christmas, and found it an excellent antidote to the January blues! The narrative flow from two points of view, with overlaps, is a terrific comic device. Gerald is a great character, in both senses of the word, with a truly witty turn of phrase and some hilarious one-liners. I loved his attitude towards his ex-pat bachelor lifestyle, and of course his outrageous cuisine (don't worry - it's not a cookbook!). Marta is perhaps slightly less rounded as a character, but it doesn't matter too much as the whole book is such fun to read. Deep and meaningful it isn't, but if you've done the demanding bit and it's time for some light relief, this is for you. I'll really miss it now I've finished it. More please!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
a witty send-up of the Tuscan idyll,
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This review is from: Cooking With Fernet Branca (Paperback)
The book is written as alternating chapters by the two protagonists, describing their own view of the same bizarre events. Gerry, effete,witty,with a well-developed sense of the ridiculous, but takes himself and his culinary work rather seriously. Marta is an eccentric Eastern European, living amongst the beautiful Tuscan hills in happy squalor, whilst she tries to come to terms with modern technology to help compose a film score. You can't help but grow fond of these two characters as they merrily score points off each other.Very cleverly written, like watching a good film.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wicked, witty, wacky,
By Trionon (London, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Cooking With Fernet Branca (Paperback)
I've bought this book on sale at the local library partly because it was ridiculously cheap and partly because of the hilarious narrative inside the cover of the book that made reference to 'Alien Pie' for which among many other things '1 kg smoked cat, off the bone' and '1 single drop household paraffin' were required . So, naturally I HAD to have it. I began reading on the bus and suddenly found myself missing all my stops, when I did finally arrive I could hardly wait to get home to continue with the reading and finished the book that same evening. Since then I've been re-reading the favourite bits and have developed an addiction to Fernet Branca....so I've become a much happier person as a result of this book, LOL
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