- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Avocet Press (Jan 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0966107276
- ISBN-13: 978-0966107272
- Product Dimensions: 20.4 x 14.1 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,527,545 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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An Uncertain Currency is a Certain Success!,
By A Customer
This review is from: An Uncertain Currency (Paperback)
When Mario was 12 the Sight (la Lucia) first came to him at an archaeological dig near his home in Perugia, Italy & his childhood was changed, even his path in life.Now, he is an Internationally Acclaimed Psychic & an aging, lonely Seer in a frayed silk suit, washed up in the sleepy Southern town where he is about to perform for the locals. The night he arrives one of the town's best beloved & larger-than-life characters is found dangling from a rope in his home, his Bible open at the page on which could be construed his suicide note. Floraville's young police chief, borne of the warring farmlands & mill owners, an ex-mill worker himself, has nothing to lose & everything to gain when he hires on Mario to assist in solving what he knows & can't yet prove, to be a murder. I thoroughly enjoyed the insights la Lucia offers Mario, like some puckish imp whispering in his ear all the silent comments unwary people think while their mouths utter utterly different words! & then Mario curses la Lucia & away she goes & he's left depending on his own wits. An Uncertain Currency is a rare feast of memories, depravity, humor & redemption. Great gift material for those who love a thoughtful mystery with a twist!
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Technical Tour de Force or Lyrical Masterpiece?,
By Bison Hoag - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: An Uncertain Currency (Paperback)
One summer when I was staying with friends in Milan, a somewhat preposterous argument broke out, after a few too many Splugens on the balcony, over whether Milan's Duomo was a "technical tour de force" or a "lyrical masterpiece." After numerous noise complaints from the neighbors, and several threats of overt violence, we decided in solidarity that the Duomo was both a lyrical masterpiece and a technical tour de force. Then the cops showed up. An Uncertain Currency, the new mystery thriller by Clyde Lynwood Sawyer, Jr. and Frances Witlin, integrates much of the same lyrical eloquence and technical mastery that would seem to characterize the infamous Duomo. Not only is this a novel of captivating intrigue but, almost as importantly, not once, at any time or at any place, do any of the characters utter the phrase "Who knew?" The cops call on Mario Castigliani, a down-and-out Italian clairvoyant performing artist, to help solve a murder in a small town in Georgia. If you love a good mystery, you must get your hands on this book. I loved it, even without drinking a bunch of Splugens before I read it.
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The truth may be uncertain, but this book is no counterfeit!,
By Fayre - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: An Uncertain Currency (Paperback)
Just out of four years in an Ivy League English department barracks, my reading eye is more than a little critical. In fact, I find it's hard to enjoy reading at all anymore. That's why I'm so grateful for this book... and grateful for the way it swept me up into itself and kept me from doing anything else until I had scanned its last page, closed it, and put it down with a sigh. In a sleepy Southern town, where no one's all good, but only one is bad enough to kill, my mind was filled with vivid, strangely intertwining stories and the clear contours of a few strong individuals. Frankly, this was the first book I read for pleasure since I graduated last spring. Since it reminded me of how much fun a good book can be, I don't think it will be my last. But exactly WHY is it so good? Even with my long, hard training in literary dissection, I'd have to say that good art's the biggest mystery. You'll just have to read it for yourself. 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Lots of good stuff in here,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: An Uncertain Currency (Paperback)
A truly entertaining novel. An Uncertain Currency waltzes back and forth -- a superconcentrated mystery set in the modern American south on one hand, and a lyrical romance that originates in 1950s Italy on the other. The authors give us a clever mystery, steamy psychological tension, ethical dilemmas, longing, regret, troublemakers, innocents, and plenty more. All of it is observed with great humanity, empathy, and good humor.
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