Pereira Maintains : A Testimony - Antonio Tabucchi Publication Date:01/07/2021

Pereira Maintains : A Testimony - Antonio Tabucchi Publication Date:01/07/2021Subtle, skillful, and clear. It's so clear, in fact, that you can see a very long way down, into the heart of a flawed but valiant human being, into the sickness of a nation, into the depths of political evil. It's the most impressive novel I've read for years, and one of the very few that feels truly necessary' Philip PullmanIn the sweltering summer of 1938, with Lisbon in the grip of Portugal's dictatorship of Antnio Salazar, a journalist is coming

Yet deep differences linger between them

A spirited skewering of the idea that things can only get better' The Guardian 'A new understanding of our past' Danny Dorling

`Enchanting and visceral' DR MADELEINE PELLING `Brilliantly witty and magnificently down to earth' DR REBECCA STRUTHERS `A joyful account of unearthing history

A half-fae in a school of highblood vampires

easier existence-until a summons from the King threatens to send his life up in flames

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revealing the power of friendship and the courage to confront the past

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And where the Indian and Pacific Oceans meet

Taking us inside the interrogation room and demonstrating the unique techniques he uses to understand the workings of the most terrifying and incomprehensible minds

Song of Ancient Lovers is a triumph of imagination and reverence for the spirit that connects us across boundaries of time and geography