Deep in the Shade of Paradise
A Novel
18 January 2013
Territory Rights — Worldwide including Canada, but excluding the British Commonwealth.
Description
"A comic opera…tuneful, playful." —New York Times Book Review
In Shiver-de-Freeze, Louisiana (population 375), friends and family have gathered for the impending nuptials of Grisham Loudermilk and Ariane Thevenot. This will be no ordinary wedding—not when Boudou Fontana, the last of the star-crossed Fontana clan, the conjoined twins Tous-les-Doux, and a host of others are involved.
From a writer of rare grace and comic genius comes a “warm, sad, and hilarious ride through the carnival of life” (Dallas Morning News). Rich in character and insight into the vagaries and varieties of love and memory, Deep in the Shade of Paradise is John Dufresne at his funny and thoughtful best.
Reviews
"His work is closer to the over-the-top philosophical antics of Tom Robbins than anything you’d encounter in an American literature course…bizarre, hilarious, and totally hypnotic." — Los Angeles Times
"An outrageous tale of gothic proportions." — Chicago Tribune
"[An] extravagant work of comic genius." — New Orleans Times-Picayune
"An achievement of the first order by an author of the first rank." — Houston Chronicle
"An outrageous tale of gothic proportions…The spirit of this book is just so bighearted, it’s nearly impossible for the reader not to get swept along." — Boston Globe
"A funny, wise, and tenderhearted novel." — Charlotte Observer
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