The Well of Saint Nobody Fiction_Gift_Guide Bitterblue stands as a splendid

Bitterblue stands as a splendid contribution in a long literarly tradition

Award—winning

hypnotically-engaging work on the many ways people behave badly

rich with anecdotes and personal revelations

I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice-not because of his voice

The Well of Saint Nobody Fiction_Gift_Guide Bitterblue stands as a splendidHe had met her three times and three times forgotten all about her William Barrow finds himself in lonely retirement in West Cork. Once an internationally renowned pianist, a terrible skin disease has attacked his hands and made it impossible for him to perform. All he can play, haltingly, is Ravel's Concerto for the Left Hand. Tara is a piano teacher with barely enough pupils to pay the month's rent. In the local caf, the elegant writing of a job