The Love and Death of Caterina - Andrew Nicoll Reviews
Description:ISBN 1849164711 / Genre: Fiction / Author: Andrew Nicoll / Paperback / 368 Pages / Book is published 2011-04-28 by Quercus Publishing Plc
Newest Review: ... most people in the country could only dream of. His lavish apartment is decorated with the latest in designer furniture; he ... more
... drives an expensive sports car and hangs out at the polo club. On the surface it looks like a pretty perfect life but Valdez has developed writer's block and the pressure of trying to come up with a new novel starts to tell.
Then he meets Caterina, a mathematics student at the university. Struck by her beauty Valdez pursues her, believing that she will be the key that unlocks his inability to write. It doesn't take long, though, for Valdez to notice that Caterina isn't what he thought she was and before long he...more
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Customer The Love and Death of Caterina - Andrew Nicoll Reviews (1)
by - written on 17/07/11, updated on 17/07/11 (Very useful, 58 readings)
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A good book reviewer knows that a spoiler is a no-no, so it's deliciously thrilling when you can give away the ending of a novel and get away with it. It's also a bold undertaking on the part of the author and a book that starts with a great ending creates high expectations. Fortunately Andrew Nicoll does not disappoint. "Only a few weeks after it has happened, Luciano Hernando Valdez was almost unable to believe that he had ever been a murderer." It's almost unthinkable that a novel could have such an instantly engaging first line. It's not unreasonable from the book's title - "The Love and Death of Caterina" - to expect that it ... Read the complete review
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