Between Two Rivers

Between Two Rivers by Nichola Rinaldi


ISBN
9780552771818
Published
Released
01 / 08 / 2005
Binding
Paperback
Pages
512
Dimensions
127 x 197 x 26mm

A vivid and timely novel of life in Manhattan, by the author of 'The Jukebox Queen Of Malta'.

Farro Fescu, concierge, janitor and general factotum, oversees the lives of the residents of Echo Terrace, collecting their mail, organising their taxis, fixing problems with their apartments. There is Nora Abernooth, who lives with a menagerie of birds, snakes and monkeys who provide much-needed company since the death of her husband. In the penthouse is Harry Falcon, multimillionaire and founder of the country's biggest frozen-food company, who is slowly dying of cancer. In the Harry Houdini suite is Dr Tattafruge, cosmetic surgeon to the stars and specialist in sex change operations. Maggie Sowle lives a quiet life in the Helen Keller apartment, sewing quilts that will hang in galleries around the world. Abdul Saad is a young Muslim making his way in the mortuary business, still living at home with his parents but dreaming of a better life and of the woman he loves. Karl Vogel sits in his apartment, surrounded by walls painted blue to remind him of the skies he used to fly through as a Luftwaffe ace back in the bad old days. And of course, Luther Rumfarm, making more and more money on the bond market and, not so quietly, buying up all the apartments he can. Farro Fescu watches them all . . . not that he doesn't have worries of his own.

'Between Two Rivers' is a lyrical novel of connections; of how people's lives are never lived in isolation. It is a story of the power of memories and the strength gained from hope. As the residents of Echo Terrace go about their daily concerns, fighting their own battles, falling in love or coming to terms with loss, each, unknowingly, shapes the lives of the others. And events in the wider world also impinge. Echo Terrace lies in the shadow of the World Trade Centre, and the 1992 terrorist attack that rocks the residents' comfortable lives is but a forward echo of a more devastating disaster yet to unfold.
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