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"A TRULY NOBLE PERFORMANCE
A FAIRY-TALE OF OUR
TIMES ON THE GRAND SCALE/'
DAVID HUGHES, THE MAILON SUNDAY
Born in Mew York but raised in Rome, Paris, London,
Madrid, worried about starving even while
living in luxury, Mark Miven sets his heart on recovering
the treasure ship Flora, which sank in 1820
somewhere between Barbados and Florida. Searching
for the wreck, he falls in love with the
neglected wife of ajealous husband, and his love as well
as his drearns of riches turn into nightmare experiences
AN INNOCENT MILLIONAIRE
is a superb story of innocence, adventure and corruption,
from a writer at the height of his powers.
"I was entertained but also deeply moved:
here is a novel set bang in the middle of our
decadent, polluted, corrupt world
that, in some curious way, breathes a kind
of desperate hope."
ANTHONY BURGESS, PUNCH
"Romantic, intelligent, immensely exciting."
NINA BAWDEN, DAILY TELEGRAPH
"A black treasure hunt for the intelligentsia/7
PHILIP...
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Fülszöveg
"A TRULY NOBLE PERFORMANCE
A FAIRY-TALE OF OUR
TIMES ON THE GRAND SCALE/'
DAVID HUGHES, THE MAILON SUNDAY
Born in Mew York but raised in Rome, Paris, London,
Madrid, worried about starving even while
living in luxury, Mark Miven sets his heart on recovering
the treasure ship Flora, which sank in 1820
somewhere between Barbados and Florida. Searching
for the wreck, he falls in love with the
neglected wife of ajealous husband, and his love as well
as his drearns of riches turn into nightmare experiences
AN INNOCENT MILLIONAIRE
is a superb story of innocence, adventure and corruption,
from a writer at the height of his powers.
"I was entertained but also deeply moved:
here is a novel set bang in the middle of our
decadent, polluted, corrupt world
that, in some curious way, breathes a kind
of desperate hope."
ANTHONY BURGESS, PUNCH
"Romantic, intelligent, immensely exciting."
NINA BAWDEN, DAILY TELEGRAPH
"A black treasure hunt for the intelligentsia/7
PHILIP HOWARD, THE TIMES
"A very funny and serious book.
leaves one elated."
VICTORIA GLENDINNING, THE SUNDAY TIMES
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