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Cabaret: A Roman Riddle Paperback - 2006

by Lily Prior


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struggling mortician in working-class Rome, Freda only married her repulsive ventriloquist husband, Alberto, because it was prophesied that she'd do so. Now that he's vanished mysteriously along with his equally abhorrent dummy (who Freda suspects is actually a midget), she'd like them both to stay missing -- though she's devastated by the simultaneous disappearance of her soul mate, Pierino, her beloved talking parrot. While the police investigate this series of possible crimes, Freda will continue embalming by day, unleashing her caged passions at night in a seedy cabaret (until a tragic fire leaves the proprietor with a tuba stuck on his head), trying to make do with a talking hamster in lieu of dear Pierino . . . and recalling the vagaries of life that led her to this unfortunate juncture.

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struggling mortician in working-class Rome, Freda only married her repulsive ventriloquist husband, Alberto, because it was prophesied that she'd do so. Now that he's vanished mysteriously along with his equally abhorrent dummy (who Freda suspects is actually a midget), she'd like them both to stay missing -- though she's devastated by the simultaneous disappearance of her soul mate, Pierino, her beloved talking parrot. While the police investigate this series of possible crimes, Freda will continue embalming by day, unleashing her caged passions at night in a seedy cabaret (until a tragic fire leaves the proprietor with a tuba stuck on his head), trying to make do with a talking hamster in lieu of dear Pierino . . . and recalling the vagaries of life that led her to this unfortunate juncture.

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I struggled up the stone steps clutching a plucked chicken to my chest.

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  • Title Cabaret: A Roman Riddle
  • Author Lily Prior
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Ecco Press
  • Date June 27, 2006
  • Features Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780060772581 / 0060772581
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.98 x 5.46 x 0.69 in (20.27 x 13.87 x 1.75 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1970's
    • Cultural Region: Italy
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Library of Congress subjects Mystery fiction, Humorous fiction
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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