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The Book of Human Skin

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The Book of Human Skin

By: Michelle Lovric
Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens, Peter Noble, Various
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In 18th-century Venice, Minguillo Fasan, heir to a fortune, contrives to dispatch of his sister, Marcella, condemning her to the fate of a nun.

But Marcella Fasan is tougher than Minguillo imagines, and, aided by a servant, a painter, a skin-obsessed doctor, a Scottish merchant and a cigar-smoking pornographer, she pitches her wits against her brother....

©2010 Michelle Lovric (P)2015 W F Howes Ltd
Fiction Historical Fiction Smoking Tobacco

Critic Reviews

"A witty exciting page-turner which becomes increasingly addictive.... Quite unlike anything else around - and all the better for that." ( Daily Mail)
"This book is fabulous - funny, horrific, subversive - in short a wholly addictive read. I don't think I have enjoyed anything as much since Perfume." (Joanne Harris)
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