The Mystery Roast - Softcover

Gadol, Peter

3.74

110 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312151764 ISBN 13: 9780312151768

Publisher: Picador USA, 1997

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Estranged from his wife, Eric Auden moves into a West Village loft above the Mystery Roast Cafe, where he reunites with his childhood friend, Timothy, a gay artist, and falls in love with female inventor Inca

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On the rebound from a failed marriage, Eric Auden visits the New York Museum of Art and walks away with a stolen artifact, a Cycladic statue called the Goddess of Desire. From that moment on, as the "goddess" speaks to him, his life becomes a whirlwind of dreams fulfilled: a mysterious woman enters his life; replicas of the statue earn him a fortune; and his secret theft defies discovery. This fanciful novel by the author of Coyote (LJ 6/1/90) operates on the edge of reality, infusing the mundane world with just a hint of magic. Gadol's writing, immediate and vivid, deserves wide exposure.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly:

This novel of a West Village cafe, which begins with the theft, by an estranged husband, of a marble statue, is "a brew of exotic strains whose strengths and nuances connoisseurs will enjoy tasting for themselves," PW wrote in a starred review.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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