The Wedding Officer (Bantam Discovery)

by Anthony Capella

Naive and already war-weary, James Gouding takes up a position in Naples in 1943. What he doesn't anticipate is that this involves a limited menu of fried Spam fritters and interrogating the would-be Italian fiancees of members of the armed forces. James's chance at true heroism arrives when a German tank is sighted and he is caught in its path. However, it is the imperious and dogmatic Livia who opens the hatch and yells at him to stop being such an idiot. Livia gladly becomes cook, translator and general factotum to James. The two begin to fall in love, but the eruption of Vesuvius triggers a chain of explosive events that will force the two to flee behind enemy lines and will alter their lives immeasurably.

• ISBN10: 0553805479
• ISBN13: 9780553805475
• Publish Date: 1 May 2007 (first published 6 April 2006)
• Publish Status: Remaindered
• Out of Print: 28 August 2012
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Bantam Books
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 423
• Language: English

Reviews

[Jack]

It moved slowly at first, but I loved how cooking was integral to the novel.

My favorite part would have to be towards the end when James goes to the front lines.