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SUMMARY:Martin Cruz Smith
DESCRIPTION:The highly anticipated new standalone novel from Martin Cruz Smith\, whom The Washington Post has declared “that uncommon phenomenon: a popular and well-regarded crime novelist who is also a writer of real distinction\,” The Girl from Venice is a suspenseful World War II love story set against the beauty\, mystery\, and danger of occupied Venice. \nVenice\, 1945. The war may be waning\, but the city known as La Serenissima is still occupied and the people of Italy fear the power of the Third Reich. One night\, under a canopy of stars\, a fisherman named Cenzo comes across a young woman’s body floating in the lagoon and soon discovers that she is still alive and in trouble. \nBorn to a wealthy Jewish family\, Giulia is on the run from the Wehrmacht SS. Cenzo chooses to protect Giulia rather than hand her over to the Nazis. This act of kindness leads them into the world of Partisans\, random executions\, the arts of forgery and high explosives\, Mussolini’s broken promises\, the black market and gold\, and\, everywhere\, the enigmatic maze of the Venice Lagoon. \nSmith’s latest work is a thriller\, a mystery\, and a retelling of Italian history that will take your breath away. Most of all it is a love story. \nMartin Cruz Smith’s novels include Gorky Park\, Stallion Gate\, Polar Star\, Stalin’s Ghost\, Rose\, December 6\, and Tatiana. He is a two-time winner of the Hammett Prize\, a recipient of Britain’s Golden Dagger Award\, and a winner of the Premio Piemonte Giallo Internazionale. He lives in California.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/martin-cruz-smith/
LOCATION:Book Passage Marin\, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd. \, Corte Madera\, CA\, 94925\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free
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SUMMARY:Kevin Smokler
DESCRIPTION:The inimitable and always entertaining Kevin Smokler returns to Booksmith for the launch of his new book\, Brat Pack America: A Love Letter to 80s Teen Movies and the Places They Happened. The Breakfast Club! The Goonies! Back to the Future! Ferris Bueller’s Day Off! Pretty in Pink! Dead Poets Society! These movies left an indelible mark on America\, and\, probably\, your psyche. \nKevin Smokler attended Goonies Day in Astoria\, Oregon\, took a Lost Boys tour of Santa Cruz\, California\, and visited retro arcades\, movie theaters\, record stores\, and the Dirty Dancing resort in Lake Lure\, NC. He interviewed actors\, writers\, and directors. Mostly\, he did what he does best\, which is to add his keen and witty commentary to the conversation about American Culture and the things that bring us together. \nKevin Smokler is the author of the essay collection Practical Classics: 50 Reasons to Reread 50 Books you Haven’t Touched Since High School (2013) which the Atlantic Wire called “truly enjoyable” and the editor of Bookmark Now: Writing in Unreaderly Times\, A San Francisco Chronicle Notable Book of 2005. His writing on pop culture has appeared in the LA Times\, Salon\, BuzzFeed\, Vulture\, the San Francisco Chronicle and on NPR. In 2013\, he was BookRiot’s first ever Writer in Residence. \nHe can be found on twitter at @weegee. He lives in San Francisco with his wife\, cat and most of MTV’s first year on vinyl.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/kevin-smokler/
LOCATION:The Booksmith\, 1644 Haight St\, San Francisco \, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:Free,San Francisco
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SUMMARY:Margot Livesey
DESCRIPTION:Donald believes he knows all there is to know about seeing. An optometrist in suburban Boston\, he is sure that he and his wife\, Viv\, who runs the local stables\, are both devoted to their two children and to each other. Then Mercury—a gorgeous young thoroughbred with a murky past—arrives at Windy Hill and everything changes. \nMercury’s owner\, Hilary\, is a newcomer to town who has enrolled her daughter in riding lessons. When she brings Mercury to board at Windy Hill\, everyone is struck by his beauty and prowess\, particularly Viv. As she rides him\, Viv begins to dream of competing again\, embracing the ambitions that she had harbored\, and relinquished\, as a young woman. Her daydreams soon morph into consuming desire\, and her infatuation with the thoroughbred escalates to obsession. \nDonald may have 20/20 vision but he is slow to notice how profoundly Viv has changed and how these changes threaten their quiet\, secure world. By the time he does\, it is too late to stop the catastrophic collision of Viv’s ambitions and his own myopia. \nMargot Livesey is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels The Flight of Gemma Hardy\, The House on Fortune Street\, Banishing Verona\, Eva Moves the Furniture\, The Missing World\, Criminals\, and Homework. Her work has appeared in the New Yorker\, Vogue\, and the Atlantic\, and she is the recipient of grants from both the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation.  Born in Scotland\, Livesey currently lives in the Boston area and is a professor of fiction at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/margot-livesey/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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