Ten Days in the Hills

Jane Smiley

RRP: £8.99

Publisher: FABER & FABER

Publication Date : 07/02/2008

Paperback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

A funny and provocative tale about a group of friends and family who gather together for 10 transformative days in the Hollywood Hills. Based on Giovanni Boccaccio's medieval Italian classic "The Decameron", it explores films, the Iraq war, sex and unconventional families. There will be a UK author tour by Smiley, who won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel "A Thousand Acres". 'A richly entertaining and surprising novel' Lucy Hughes-Hallet, "Sunday Times"

Publisher's description:

It is the morning after the Academy Awards. Max, an award-winning writer and his lover, Elena, are hosts to a house full of guests including their daughter, a movie star, a healer and an agent. This tale of love, war, sex, politics, friendship and betrayal moves towards its redemptive end.

ISBN: 9780571235346