Publication

1992 - Viking, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

72,000 words, Guess

Page Count

288 pages

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • LibraryThing500548
  • Goodreads3645057

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3553.A396 U48 1992

Description

**From Amazon.com:** **An American opera singer travels to Naples and becomes embroiled in his strangest role yet** Michael Ruane is an obscure American opera singer who arrives in Naples to play a small part in an important production of Tosca and star in his own staging of a little-known Benjamin Britten opera. The work comes at a particularly trying time, when he’s still raw with grief after his New York lover’s death from AIDS. As the productions get under way, Ruane is offered an unusual part: that of the “uncle from Rome” at a local wedding. According to tradition, the presence of the uncle from Rome at important events confers prestige on the family. However, Ruane is soon enmeshed in a drama that surpasses any role he has played on the stage. *The Uncle from Rome* is a brilliant and colorfully imagined novel filled with theatrics of operatic proportions.

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  • The uncle from RomeViking1992-01-01

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