The Ventriloquist's Tale by Pauline Melville
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.
Pauline Melville's first book, Shape-shifter, a collection of short stories, won the Guardian Fiction Prize, the Macmillan Silver Pen Award and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for best first book. The Ventriloquist's Tale is her first novel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780747535140 |
| ISBN 10 | 0747535140 |
| Title | The Ventriloquist's Tale |
| Author | Pauline Melville |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Year published | 1998-04-02 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Prizes | Winner of Whitbread Prize (First Novel) 1997, Winner of Whitbread Book Awards: First Novel Category 1997, Short-listed for Orange Prize for Fiction 1998 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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