num_pages: 318
description: Gestures  is a novel, written as the autobiography of one Jeremy Burnham, career diplomat and gentleman, who in his 83rd year sets down his life story. It begins in the Venice of the twenties, just as the Fascists are taking over the government and ends in war-torn Amsterdam, desperate and destitute after the Allied victory.
language: English
title: Gestures
titlecomplete: Gestures
genres: Historical, Fiction
ratings_count: 46
places: Venice, Amsterdam
awards: awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Betty Trask Award
publisher: David R. Godine, Publisher