Echo Year: Who Hasn't Dreamed of a Life in the Perfect French Chateau? by Casper

Description: Echo Year by Casper Aka Germaine Shames Silk Who hasnt dreamed of a life in the perfect French chateau? When electronics magnate David Crown finds himself at the scene of a hate crime, his idyll in the Midi countryside abruptly ends. Against a backdrop of Gallic bonhomie and summers languid ripening, David, his bookish girlfriend Rowena, and his demented mother Miriam struggle to make a home of a gilded Mansard as it swiftly devolves into a web of mishap and murder. With deftness and compassion, Casper Silk entwines the destinies of a village thrust into the new millennium, a teenager convicted of a firebombing, and a man struggling, at midlife, to cross a border and seize his dreams. "In this well-crafted literary novel, the author captures the myriad nuances of a mid-life crisis and brings to life an idyllic village in the French Midi only to haunt it with dark forces. The perfect chateau proves no refuge for protagonist David Crown. Amid a hail of firebombs and truffles, his world comes tumbling down." David Liss FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Who hasnt dreamed of a life in the perfect French chateau? When electronics magnate David Crown finds himself at the scene of a hate crime, his idyll in the Midi countryside abruptly ends. Against a backdrop of Gallic bonhomie and summers languid ripening, David, his bookish girlfriend Rowena, and his demented mother Miriam struggle to make a home of a gilded Mansard as it swiftly devolves into a web of mishap and murder. With deftness and compassion, Casper Silk entwines the destinies of a village thrust into the new millennium, a teenager convicted of a firebombing, and a man struggling, at midlife, to cross a border and seize his dreams. "In this well-crafted literary novel, the author captures the myriad nuances of a mid-life crisis and brings to life an idyllic village in the French Midi only to haunt it with dark forces. The perfect chateau proves no refuge for protagonist David Crown. Amid a hail of firebombs and truffles, his world comes tumbling down." David Liss Review "Emotive. Sad. Beautiful. Funny. ECHO YEAR is terrific." NY Journal of Books Details ISBN0983861242 Pages 228 Publisher Pale Fire Press Language English ISBN-10 0983861242 ISBN-13 9780983861249 Media Book Short Title ECHO YEAR Year 2013 Publication Date 2013-12-01 Imprint Pale Fire Press Place of Publication Tucson Country of Publication United States DEWEY FIC Format Paperback Illustrations Illustrations; Illustrations, black and white Subtitle Who Hasnt Dreamed of a Life in the Perfect French Chateau? UK Release Date 2013-12-01 Author Casper Aka Germaine Shames Silk Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:52942691;

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