by RupertThomson (Author)
At the turn of the century Theophile and Suzanne Valence sail into the Mexican copper-mining town of Santa Sofia. Theo has travelled here to build a metal church designed by his mentor, the great engineer Gustave Eiffel. His wife Suzanne, wayward and graced with the gift of clairvoyance is deeply in love and has insisted on accompanying him. But the magical landscape inspires no answering passion in Theo. In her loneliness she turns to the American gold prospector Wilson Pharaoh, and soon he, like the town and its inhabitants, falls under her spell, an enchantment as seductive as Suzanne herself.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: Re-issue
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 19 Mar 1998
ISBN 10: 0747536945
ISBN 13: 9780747536949
Book Overview: 'When someone writes as well as Thomson does, it makes you wonder why other people bother ... some of it is pure poetry' New Statesman