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  Rancid Pansies (Paperback) By (author) James Hamilton-Paterson

  

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  Short Description for Rancid PansiesGerald Samper is a ghostwriter to unbearable sports celebrities and rock stars, whose dream is to write the libretto of an opera. After a sojourn in Suffolk that ends in the accidental death of an aristocrat, Gerry returns to Tuscany to the site of his collapsed house, now a place of pilgrimage after the apparition of a deceased English princess.
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  • Publisher: Faber and Faber
  • Published: 03 July 2008
  • Format: Paperback 272 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction
  • ISBN 13: 9780571238453 ISBN 10: 0571238459
  • Sales rank: 487,685

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• The hero of this black farce of a book is Gerald Samper, a ghostwriter to unbearable sports celebrities and rock stars, whose dream is to write the libretto of an opera. After an unsuccessful sojourn in Suffolk that ends in the accidental death of an ancient aristocrat, Gerry returns to Tuscany to the site of his collapsed house, now a place of pilgrimage after the strange apparition of a deceased English princess with great legs. A sinister estate agent smells a chance to make serious money, and Gerry is persuaded to go along with the scam in return for certain favours. Meanwhile, Gerry is motivated to collaborate on an opera about the life of Princess Diana, the not-quite-saint who has inspired such strange devotion. The premiere will be the high point of his life, though not quite in the way he imagines...