A Very Private Gentleman by Martin Booth

A Very Private Gentleman by Martin Booth

BASIS FOR THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE THE AMERICAN, STARRING GEORGE CLOONEY AND DIRECTED BY ANTON CORBIJN

The locals in the Italian village where he lives call him Signor Farfalla--Mr. Butterfly--for he appears to be a discreet gentleman who paints rare butterflies. But as inconspicuous as Farfalla tries to make himself, his real profession is deadly, unbeknownst to the sometime brothel worker, Clara, with whom he sleeps.

Of a certain age, and as his feelings for Clara intensify, Farfalla has resolved to make his next job his last--all the while sensing a treacherous circle closing in on him.

Martin Booth is a bestselling novelist as well as a documentary and feature film screenwriter. Islands of Silence, Hiroshima Joe, and The Industry of Souls are among his thirteen novels. Opium: A History and The Doctor, the Detective, and Arthur Conan Doyle, a biography of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, are two of his most recent nonfiction books.