The Bishop\s Bedroom
Piero Chiara's novel is at once a murder mystery and a lyrical study of desire, greed, and deception. The ending is simply stunning.--Andr Aciman, author of Call Me by Your NameA strong, well-written…
Specifikacia The Bishop\s Bedroom
Piero Chiara's novel is at once a murder mystery and a lyrical study of desire, greed, and deception. The ending is simply stunning.--Andr Aciman, author of Call Me by Your NameA strong, well-written and weirdly seductive little novel about enjoying the small pleasures of life.--New York Times Book ReviewSummer 1946. World War Two has just come to an end and there's a yearning for renewal. A man in his thirties is sailing on Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, hoping to put off the inevitable return to work. Dropping anchor in a small, fashionable port, he meets the enigmatic owner of a nearby villa who invites him home for dinner with his older wife and beautiful widowed sister-in-law. The sailor is intrigued by the elegant waterside mansion, staffed with servants and imbued with mystery, and stays in a guest room previously occupied by a now