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Stone Virgin

$2419

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A mysterious sculpture of a beautiful and erotic Madonna holds the key to the Fornarini family's secrets. When Raikes, a conservation expert, tries to restore her, he is swept under the statue's spell and swept under the spell of the seductive Chiara Litsov, a member of the Fornarini family now married to a famous sculptor. Raikes finds himself losing all moral grounding as his love for statue and woman intertwine in lust and murder.

Author: Barry Unsworth
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 06/01/1995
Pages: 318
Weight: 0.8lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780393313093

About the Author
Unsworth, Barry: - Barry Unsworth (1930-2012), who won the Booker Prize for Sacred Hunger, was a Booker Prize finalist for Morality Play and was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize for The Ruby in Her Navel.

Specifications
  • Publication Date
  • Dimensions
    8.4 in, 5.4 in, 0.8 in
  • Pages
    318
  • Publisher
    W. W. Norton & Company

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Stone Virgin by Unsworth, Barry
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Stone Virgin

$2419
A mysterious sculpture of a beautiful and erotic Madonna holds the key to the Fornarini family's secrets. When Raikes, a conservation expert, tries to restore her, he is swept under the statue's spell and swept under the spell of the seductive Chiara Litsov, a member of the Fornarini family now married to a famous sculptor. Raikes finds himself losing all moral grounding as his love for statue and woman intertwine in lust and murder.

Author: Barry Unsworth
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 06/01/1995
Pages: 318
Weight: 0.8lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780393313093

About the Author
Unsworth, Barry: - Barry Unsworth (1930-2012), who won the Booker Prize for Sacred Hunger, was a Booker Prize finalist for Morality Play and was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize for The Ruby in Her Navel.
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