"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.
- ISBN10 1408849313
- ISBN13 9781408849316
- Publish Date 23 June 2014 (first published 22 May 1997)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Imprint Bloomsbury Paperbacks
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Pages 272
- Language English
- URL http://bloomsbury.com/