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"[An] account of a family devastated by the apparent suicide of their nineteen year-old son, only to discover he had created a separate identity which drew him into the dangerous international criminal underworld underlying London's glittering...
"I’m not sure whether the writer of this book was intent on enraging me, but he certainly succeeded. The message could not be more loudly proclaimed: For heaven’s sake, has it never occurred to the caregivers — especially the institutional ones who..."
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Set in the fictional South American country of Costaguana, this story of revolution, deception, and self-betrayal centers on Nostromo, a handsome Italian sailor, who, like Costaguana, is being consumed by secret guilt and corruption.
A tale of three generations of an English family with roots in London and Cornwall, and a cherished painting that has passed from generation to generation and threatens to tear the family apart.
