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Italian Fever

Published
Jul 1999
Main Genre
Suspense Suspense
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Pages
259

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Part romance, part gothic suspense story, this is the compelling tale of an American woman's awakening as she tumbles headlong into a mystery, art, and eros—from the bestselling, award-winning author of Property.  â€¢ "Spellbinding ... A virtuoso ... Martin's competence has kindled into brilliance." —The New York Times Book Review

Lucy leads a quiet, solitary life working for a best-selling (but remarkably untalented) writer. When he dies at his villa in Tuscany, Lucy flies to Tuscany to settle his affairs. What begins as a grim chore soon threatens Stark's Emersonian self-reliance--and her very sense of what is real. The villa harbors secrets: a missing manuscript, neighbors whose Byzantine arrogance veils their dark past, a phantom whose nocturnal visits tear a gaping hole in Lucy's well-honed skepticism. And to complicate matters: Massimo, a married man whose tender attentions render Lucy breathless.

Smart, sophisticated, achingly beautiful, Italian Fever is one of the most original and compelling novels of the year.

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May 2000 Vintage ISBN 0375705228
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First Edition Jul 1999 Knopf ISBN 0375405429
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Feb 2000 G.K. Hall & Company ISBN 0783888406
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