The Ventriloquist's Tale

The Ventriloquist's Tale

by PaulineMelville (Author)

Synopsis

The whole purpose of magic is the fulfilment and intensification of desire, claims the ventriloquist-narrator as he tells his stories of love and catastrophe. The novel is a parable of miscegenation and racial exclusiveness, of nature defying culture and of the rebellious nature of love.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
Edition: New
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 02 Apr 1998

ISBN 10: 0747535140
ISBN 13: 9780747535140
Book Overview: Winner 1997 Whitbread Book of the Year Award First Novel Category

Author Bio
Pauline Melville's first book, Shape-shifter, a collection of short stories, won the Guardian Fiction Prize, the Macmillan Silver Pen Award and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for best first book. The Ventriloquist's Tale is her first novel.