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In this dazzling collection of stories, a son must repeatedly come out to his senile father while looking for a place that will care for the old man. An elderly couple confronts the note-taking fiction writer eavesdropping on their conversation. A famous actor in recovery has a one-night stand with the world''s most surprising film critic. And in the beautifully romantic title story, a shy twenty-one-year-old studying Latin in Rome during the year of my reinvention finds himself face-to-face with the gorgeous Italian actress of his adolescent dreams.

Funny, poignant, and redemptive, this collection takes the reader to Italy and Idaho, Washington and Mississippi. With his signature wit and bighearted approach to the darkest parts of humanity, Walter tackles the modern condition with a timeless touch.



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Walter is a believer in capricious destiny with a fine, freewheeling sense of humour * New York Times on The Cold Millions *

The Angel of Rome Jess Walter

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 20 April 2023
      ISBN-13 9780241998229
      978-0241998229
      ISBN-10 0241998220
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      Contemporary Fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      In this dazzling collection of stories, a son must repeatedly come out to his senile father while looking for a place that will care for the old man. An elderly couple confronts the note-taking fiction writer eavesdropping on their conversation. A famous actor in recovery has a one-night stand with the world''s most surprising film critic. And in the beautifully romantic title story, a shy twenty-one-year-old studying Latin in Rome during the year of my reinvention finds himself face-to-face with the gorgeous Italian actress of his adolescent dreams.

      Funny, poignant, and redemptive, this collection takes the reader to Italy and Idaho, Washington and Mississippi. With his signature wit and bighearted approach to the darkest parts of humanity, Walter tackles the modern condition with a timeless touch.



      Trade Review
      Walter is a writer whose work deserves a wide readership * Sunday Times on The Cold Millions *
      One of our most gifted builders of fictional worlds * Esquire on The Cold Millions *
      Walter is a believer in capricious destiny with a fine, freewheeling sense of humour * New York Times on The Cold Millions *

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