My Tango with Barbara Strozzi

Russell Hoban

Original title: My tango with Barbara Strozzi

earliest edition we have, 2007 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2007 paperback 176 pages

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Phil Ockerman falls hard for Bertha Strunk at a tango lesson in a church crypt in Clerkenwell. Bertha also bears a strong resemblance to the 17th century Venetian singer and composer Barbara Strozzi - with whom Phil happens to be obsessed. On their first serious date, they watch 'The Rainmaker', a tale of battered wives and the murder of an ex-husband. Could it be that Barbara's choice of film is not entirely innocen...

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My tango with Barbara Strozzi edition · 2008 · Bloomsbury · 164 pages · 9780747592716
My tango with Barbara Strozzi edition · 2008 · W F Howes · 164 pages · 9781407413853
My Tango with Barbara Strozzi paperback · 2007 · Bloomsbury Publishing PLC · 176 pages · 9780747590286

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