Deep in the Shade of Paradise
A Novel
Published on 17. January 2008
336 pages
978-0-393-28580-2 (ISBN)
Description
"A comic opera...tuneful, playful." - New York Times Book Review
In Shiver-de-Freeze, Louisiana (population 375), friends and family have gathered for the impending nuptials of Grisham Loudermilk and Ariane Thevenot. This will be no ordinary wedding-not when Boudou Fontana, the last of the star-crossed Fontana clan, the conjoined twins Tous-les-Doux, and a host of others are involved.
From a writer of rare grace and comic genius comes a "warm, sad, and hilarious ride through the carnival of life" ( Dallas Morning News). Rich in character and insight into the vagaries and varieties of love and memory, Deep in the Shade of Paradise is John Dufresne at his funny and thoughtful best.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Windows
File size
3,04 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-393-28580-2 (9780393285802)
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Person
John Dufresne is the author of 25 works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, including
Louisiana Power and Light and
Love Warps the Mind a Little. He lives in Florida, where he teaches writing at Florida International University.
