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The Various Flavours of Coffee - Anthony Capella

Description: ISBN 0751539430 / Genre: Fiction / Author: Anthony Capella / Paperback / 480 Pages / Book is published 2008-10-30 by Sphere

Newest Review: ... he may marry Emily. Desperate to prove himself to Emily, Robert accepts. Accompanied by dour Scotsman adventurer, and one ... more

... of Pinker's most loyal staff, Hector Crannach, Robert sets of for Africa, spurred on by his love for Emily. However, it's not long before tragedy strikes and the daring Hector is killed by a leopard leaving Robert to find his own way in a foreign country and in a business he knows virtually nothing about. To make matters more complicated Robert finds that it is easy to forget about Emily, especially when he meets Fikre, a beautiful slave belonging to one of his chief business associates. Back at home, loyal Emily ...more

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The Various Flavours of Coffee - Anthony Capella: A rich and fragrant blend (1681 words)
by - written on 30/11/08 (Very useful, 287 readings)
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"The Various Flavours of Coffee" begins in 1896. Robert Wallis is an idle fop who harbours dreams of being a poet but is too workshy to really apply himself. Instead he spends his days living off his father's money, dressing in the latest fashions and fancying himself as Oscar Wilde's understudy as he speaks in dreadful epigrams and makes sure he gets seen in the "in" places in London. One day while in the Cafe Royal he is overheard describing the coffee as tasting "of nothing much except mud. With, perhaps, a faint aftertaste of rotten apricots". The man who has been listening is Samuel Pinker, a London coffee merchant who asks ... Read the complete review

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