On the edge of the city a crumbling apartment block is a heaving anthill of thwarted ambitions and clashing egos. In the basement lives the janitor, Tommaso, a former journalist who has taken a less demanding job. His duties are light and he has the leisure to satisfy his curiosity about the inhabitants of this teetering Italian microcosm. Through him we get to know them all the pedlars and the ponces, the florid housewives, the wannabes and the has-beens. We also get to know the janitor s friend, a blind photographer. ...
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On the edge of the city a crumbling apartment block is a heaving anthill of thwarted ambitions and clashing egos. In the basement lives the janitor, Tommaso, a former journalist who has taken a less demanding job. His duties are light and he has the leisure to satisfy his curiosity about the inhabitants of this teetering Italian microcosm. Through him we get to know them all the pedlars and the ponces, the florid housewives, the wannabes and the has-beens. We also get to know the janitor s friend, a blind photographer. Being blind, he is asked to take the pictures at a high-society orgy but he fails to turn in the last reel of the film. Not long afterwards he is killed in a neatly-orchestrated traffic accident. Bufalino s short novel, filled with wit and observation, is an engaging mixture of love story, murder mystery and parody.
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Add this copy of Tommaso & The Blind Photographer to cart. $40.00, like new condition, Sold by Landmark Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Traverse City, MI, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by The Harvill Press.
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Fine. First Trade Paperback Edition in almost new condition, only flaw P/O name on first page. A Rare Collectable Copy. Trade paperback (UK). 183 p. Audience: General/trade.
Add this copy of Tommaso and the Blind Photographer to cart. $52.95, like new condition, Sold by RareNonFiction rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ladysmith, BC, CANADA, published 2000 by Harvill Press (UK), The.
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Fine. 1860465684. 185 pages. Intrigue, blackmail and murder-a dark satire from the great Italian humorist. Blind stamp and date upon half-title page else clean, bright and unmarked with minimal wear. Excellent copy.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; FICTION GENERAL Bufalino, Gesualdo; Creagh, Patrick (translator) Tommaso and the Blind Photographer 185 pages. Intrigue, blackmail and murder-a dark satire from the great Italian humorist. Blind stamp and date upon half-title page else clean, brigh.
