Book description
An English geologist working on a Mediterranean island becomes
embroiled in a nightmare web of deceit, corruption, lust and tragedy in
Tim Parks' mesmeric story of a man whose life will be shattered like the
fatal fragment of stone that obsesses him.
Tim Parks is the author of seven novels, including Tongues of
Flame (winner of the Somerset Maugham and Betty Trask Awards),
Loving Roger (winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize) and
most recently Goodness. He has just completed a new novel,
Mimi's Ghost. He has lived in Italy since 1981 and is married
to an Italian. Italian Neighbours, his non-fiction account of
suburban life in Italy, has been variously described as 'tough, funny
and sceptical', a rich treat from start to finish' and 'a travel book
with a rare sense of purpose'.
Apart from his own writing, Tim Parks is the translator of such
authors as Alberto Moravia, Italo Calvino, Antonio Tabucchi and
Roberto Calasso.
