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by Sandi Toksvig (Author)
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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Sphere (3 Jul 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0751535435
  • ISBN-13: 978-0751535433
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 89,427 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Just the thing for the airport delay' DAILY IRELAND 'Here's one that slips down easily and aids restful sleep - a delightful new novel . . . A page-turner with great one-liners' THE TIMES 'Bounces along with the good-natured levity one would expect from this author . . . warmly recommended as a light summer read - to be digested over a grappa in a sunlit Italian piazza' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'A book that bounces along with great verve and energy subverting all the cliches... The result is a real page turner... It's also very funny- Toksvig has a terrific sense of timing.' TIME OUT 'A most enjoyable read.' THE LADY

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5.0 out of 5 stars A delightful read, 11 Aug 2006
By J. Moyle (Surrey. UK) - See all my reviews
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I loved Gladys Reunited and The Travels of Lady Bulldog Burton but this new novel by the delightful Sandi Toksvig has risen to the top of my favourite list.

Sandi is an exceptionally talented writer and her descriptive language is so powerful that you find yourself totally immersed in the setting of the remote Italian village of Montecastello.

I warmed to the character of Frances Angel immediately and couldn't put the book down until I followed her story to it's conclusion. Frances's character is so life like, who doesn't know a 'Frances'?

Frances escapes to Montecastello to a little summer school which contains some interesting characters! The pupils of the school rally together to help save a miniscule theatre in the village.

This is a wonderfully warm, humourous book that is a very easy read. A perfect holiday read or just an escape during a boring commute.

I'm looking forward to the next one from you Sandi! :)



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1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing :(, 23 May 2007
By N. Smith "space disconaut" (Scotland) - See all my reviews
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This book was a huge disappointment for me. I've previously read Flying Under Bridges and Whistling for the Elephants and thought they were both excellent, and I had high expectations for this book. What a let down. It is like nothing in it has been developed properly, it's full of half-characters and half-ideas. It's on the same par as the kind of books you get free with magazines like Cosmopolitan - inoffensive and uninspiring. Readable, but that's about it.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars melted from my memory, 15 Aug 2006
I have a great deal of respect for Toksvig. Having listened to her radio show on and off over the past few years and even having caught her with Bonnie Langford at the Bloomsbury, I can qualify what a superb all-rounder she is.

This book has let her down.

Unlike the underrated `Whistling for Elephants' or superb `Flying Under Bridges', Toksvig has really sold to the lowest common denominator here.

I shan't bore you with the plot, which can be read elsewhere on this page. But here's my tuppence worth:

None of the characters are engaging. Frances Angel is a complete bore. I'm not convinced Sandi cared for her in the slightest. Angel seems contrived and an amalgamation of too many shallow people `in the business', which Toksvig (having had much experience in this area of show-business herself) simply pasted into her book. The clunky heterosexual love triangle she created between Francis (and...I forget their names, as memorable as they aren't) made me wince and struck me as being entirely suggested by an editor.

That's the main problem here, I think: over-editing. Sandi patently had a nice idea, but I don't think much of that remained after the manuscript worked its way through the publishers.

The prose trundles along quite merrily in usual Toksvig-form, but it is mediocre, and in some cases, predictable. There are no laugh-out-loud passages as in earlier books. In fact, I considered not finishing this book if I hadn't avidly invested in a signed copy and had others asking me how I was finding it.

There are too many uninteresting, unrealistic characters with lame motives for being in this small Italian town. Towards the end I found myself wondering who these new characters were, only to discover they'd been in there all along.

And as for the title - no!

If you're new to Toksvig - read other books by her first.

It's been a busy year for Sandi, so perhaps this has had an effect. I shan't give up on her. `Hitler's Canary', her recent book for children, is excellent.
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