
The Ventriloquist's Tale
Condition: SECONDHAND
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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.
Author: Pauline Melville
Format: Paperback, 368 pages, 129mm x 198mm, 300 g
Published: 1998, Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom
Genre: General & Literary Fiction
Description
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.

The Ventriloquist's Tale