Corelli's Mandolin A Novel

Extravagant, inventive, emotionally sweeping, this rich and lyrical, heartbreaking and hilarious novel has been widely hailed as a classic. Set on the peaceful island of Cephallonia, just as the horrors of World World II reach its remote shores, "Corelli's Mandolin" is "an exuberant mixture of history and romance, written with a wit that is incandescent".--"Los Angeles Times Book Review". The basis for the major motion picture "Captain Corelli's Mandolin", starring Nicholas Cage. Abridged 3 CDs.

Louis de Bernieres' novels include <b>The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts</b> (Commonwealth Writers Prize, Best First Book Eurasia Region, 1991), <b>Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord</b> (Commonwealth Writers Prize, Best Book Eurasia Region, 1992), and <b>The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman</b>. The author, who lives in London, was selected as one of the twenty Best of Young British Novelists 1993.