The migration of ghosts
by Pauline Melville
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"Spirits are on the move in Pauline Melville's short-story collection. A South American president revisits the scenes of his ruthless rise to power - shortly after his own funeral. A transformed and sparkling City of London sets the scene for a company chairman's nemesis at the hands of his wife. In Andalucia, the spirit of the duende inspires an elderly widow to dance a death-defying flamenco.
We meet splendacious Mrs da Silva, sixty-five-year-old matriarch of Rebel War Band, as she boogies at Notting Hill Carnival. A steeplejack and his unemployed mate, denizen of Soho drinking clubs, meet up in search of a laugh. The ghost of Dante's Virgil, leading his pilgrim along perilous paths, is brought to mind as one friend guides another on her final journey. An Orinoco parrot has a shocking encounter with Descartes."--BOOK JACKET.
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The Migration of Ghosts
Mar 16, 2000, Brand: Bloomsbury USA, Bloomsbury USA
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1582340749 9781582340746
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The migration of ghosts
1999, Bloomsbury, Distributed to the trade by St. Martin's Press
in English
- 1st U.S. ed.
158234020X 9781582340203
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