Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003. First Thus. Softcover. Good+/No Jacket. Used Book: Trade Paperback Wear to corners, light shelf wear.

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This beguiling first novel is a provocative romantic comedy centered on a young London calligrapher named Jasper, who is an engaging, intelligent serial seducer and a breaker of hearts. But when he meets Madeleine, a captivating but enigmatic woman who is his equal in every way, he falls helplessly in love. Vulnerable for the first time, he is headed for his comeuppance at last. Jasper is transcribing the Songs and Sonnets of that other great lover, John Donne, for a rich American client. As he works on them (revealing to us the fascinating art of the calligrapher), he discovers that these wise and beautiful love poems illuminate his own experiences -- of the difference between love and lust, of the play of truth and deceit between men and women, of the cost of constancy. As well as bringing modern London vividly to life, The Calligrapher is keenly observant of contemporary relationships and modern mores. Underlying its sparkling surface are Jasper's wry but heartfelt lamentations about the diminishment of our culture: the trivial masquerading as the consequential, the rising tide of ignorance, the triumph of the lowest common denominator. At once wickedly witty and deeply serious, sweet and cynical, romantic and reflective, this stylish, wonderfully entertaining novel is an accomplished and exciting literary debut.

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Bookseller: Adventures Underground (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 163430
Title: The Calligrapher
Author: Docx, Edward
Format/Binding: Softcover
Book Condition: Used - Good+
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Thus
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0618343970
ISBN 13: 9780618343973
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Place of Publication: Boston, Massachusetts
Date Published: 2003
Keywords: Fiction

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