Captain Corelli's Mandolin

A true diamond of a novel, glinting with comedy and tragedy * Daily Mail *A tall tale and a serious work of literature…its reputation suggests that one “should” read it, and so far I would have to agree – Nigel Rodenhurst * Times Higher Education *Stunning… A high-spirited historical romance…remarkable. * New York Times Book Review *An emotional, funny, stunning novel which swings with wide smoothnes s between joy and bleakness, personal lives and history…it’s lyrical and angry, satirical and earnest * Observer *A wonderful epic novel…it has made him a name to conjure with. Both on the large and the small scale it is an absorbing and memorable book…the sweep, invention and warmth of the novel carries one effortlessly along – Derwent May * The Times *Hypnotic…a vast tapestry woven in tiny, colourful, intricate detail…a graphic and moving commentary on the futility of war. This magical book stayed in my head long after I had finished it – Marian KeyesCaptain Corelli’s Mandolin achieves that rare feat of saying something new about war…fusing with remarkable felicity the cosmic and the tragic, the lyrical and the epic… And without offering easy answers, it poses difficult questions about love and suspicion, trust and betrayal, faith and despair, creativity and destruction – André Brink * Times Literary Supplement *Louis de Bernières is in the direct line that runs through Dickens and Evelyn Waugh…he has only to look into his world, one senses, for it to rush into reality, colours and touch and taste * Evening Standard *A master of haunted realism. His best novel yet. He deals with death and love and tragedy… This is a novel to be prized * Daily Mail *Captain Corelli’s Mandolin is a wonderful, hypnotic novel of fabulous scope and tremendous, iridescent charm - and you can quote me – Joseph Heller

Louis de Berni res is the bestselling author of Captain Corelli’s Mandolin, which won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize Best Book in 1995. His most recent books are So Much Life Left Over, The Dust That Falls From Dreams and The Autumn of the Ace, the short story collection Labels, the children’s book Station Jim and the poetry collection The Cat in the Treble Clef.

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