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The bishop's bedroom

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  • Running Time: 03:30 hrs
    Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini
    Publisher:
    Made available through hoopla, 2019
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Author: Chiara, Piero
    Contributor: Foulston, Jill
    Edition: Unabridged
    Date:
    Created
    2019
    Summary:

    Summer 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 deceased bishop related to his host. The two men form an uneasy bond, recognizing in each other a shared taste for idling and erotic adventure. But suddenly tragedy puts an end to their revels and shatters the tranquility of the villa. A sultry, stylish psychological thriller executed with supreme literary finesse.

    Original Publisher: [United States], Dreamscape Media, LLC
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781974984909, 1974984907