Sweet Death: A NovelTold with dazzling narrative brilliance and the haunting power of an impassioned soliloquy, an astonishing parable of a woman's obsession of sweets and delicacies is seen. A novel of heartstopping intensity, black humor and passion not easily forgotten. |
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A Novel Claude Tardat. UC - NRLF B4 974 912 CWEET DEATH A NOVEL BY
CLAUDE TARDAT TRANSLATED FROM THE. Front Cover.
A Novel Claude Tardat. UC - NRLF B4 974 912 CWEET DEATH A NOVEL BY
CLAUDE TARDAT TRANSLATED FROM THE. Front Cover.
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A bourbon - flavored mousse has just been set down in front of me on a saucer of
old silver that makes it seem all the more appetizing . I ' ll savor it slowly , in little
spoonfuls between sentences . Up in a cage hanging from the ceiling , a canary ...
A bourbon - flavored mousse has just been set down in front of me on a saucer of
old silver that makes it seem all the more appetizing . I ' ll savor it slowly , in little
spoonfuls between sentences . Up in a cage hanging from the ceiling , a canary ...
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The delivery boy must be listening for the sounds of a party to help him find the
right place . More footsteps . They hesitate . To the right ? Left ? A wedding on
this floor ? Strange . The footsteps pause in front of each door . He must be
reading ...
The delivery boy must be listening for the sounds of a party to help him find the
right place . More footsteps . They hesitate . To the right ? Left ? A wedding on
this floor ? Strange . The footsteps pause in front of each door . He must be
reading ...
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| Title | Sweet Death: A Novel |
| Author | Claude Tardat |
| Translated by | Linda Coverdale |
| Publisher | Overlook Press, 1988 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 29 Aug 2011 |
| ISBN | 0879512911, 9780879512910 |
| Length | 130 pages |
| Subjects | › Fiction / General |
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