My tango with Barbara Strozzi
By: Russell Hoban
Edition: Large print ed.
Series: Clipper Large Print
Publisher: W F Howes
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Rearsby
Language: eng
Number of pages: 164
ISBN-13: 9781407413853
Subjects: Separated people; Fiction
Description: Phil Ockerman falls hard for Bertha Strunk at a tango lesson in a church crypt in Clerkenwell. Bertha also bears a strong resemblance to the 17th century Venetian singer and composer Barbara Strozzi - with whom Phil happens to be obsessed. On their first serious date, they watch 'The Rainmaker', a tale of battered wives and the murder of an ex-husband. Could it be that Barbara's choice of film is not entirely innocent - especially considering that Phil afterwards finds himself carrying around a potential murder weapon?
Notes: Originally published: London: Bloomsbury, 2007.