The Songwriter - Tapa blanda

Praise for The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite:'The storytelling is masterful and the language magical' -- Sunday Times 'A transfixing concerto of intrigue, passion, desperation, intrigue, love, heroism and tragedy' -- Easy Living 'Intricately plotted and filled with memorable characters, Beatrice Colin's gorgeous novel is a lush delight that perfectly captures the spirit of Berlin ... compelling' -- Gloss 'Colin's descriptions of Berlin are as vibrant and alive as Lilly and the rich cast of characters around her' -- Scotland on Sunday 'An exceptional novel ... Colin is an entertaining storyteller' -- Sunday Herald 'Deftly captures the era's sense of frenzied invention and seductive promise ... Colin ... writes with a supple, whimsical charm. [The Luminous Life of Lilly Aphrodite] is absorbing in its authenticity' -- New York Times Book Review 'Colin, who once lived in New York herself, retraces the era with consummate period detail and beautifully flowing prose' -- The List '[An] evocative and accomplished piece of work...the writer does a good job of conjuring up the heady atmosphere of the times' -- Big Issue

New York, 1916. Monroe Simonov, a song-plugger from Brooklyn, is in love with a Ziegfeld Follies dancer who has left him for California. Inez Kennedy, a fashion model in a department store, has just one season remaining to find a wealthy husband before she must return to the Midwest. Anna Denisova, a glamorous political exile, gives lectures and writes letters while she waits for the Russian people to overthrow their Tsar. Although the world is changing faster than they could ever have imagined, Monroe, Inez and Anna discover that they are still subject to the tyranny of the heart. In this richly atmospheric and deftly plotted novel, their paths cross and re-cross leaving a trail of passion, infidelity and betrayal, before hurtling towards an explosive climax