The Silent Gondoliers - by William Goldman (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A quirky, funny, offbeat fable by the author of "The Princess Bride" is now available in a new trade paperback edition. Readers learn that the gondoliers of Venice once had the finest singing voices in the world until the mysterious day their voices went silent.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>The return of a beloved classic, from the bestselling author of <i>The Princess Bride</i>!</b> <p/><b>"This inventive, offbeat fable has a touch of magic about it."--<i>Los Angeles Times</i></b> <p/>Once upon a time, the gondoliers of Venice possessed the finest voices in all the world. But, alas, few remember those days--and fewer still were ever blessed to hear such glorious singing. <p/>No one since has discovered the secret behind the sudden silence of the golden-voiced gondoliers. No one, it seems, but S. Morgenstern. Now Morgenstern recounts the sad and noble story of the ambitions, frustrations, and eventual triumph of Luigi, the gondolier with the gooney smile. <p/>Here, in this brilliantly illustrated exposition of the surprising facts behind this all-but-forgotten mystery, S. Morgenstern reveals the fascinating truths about John the Bastard, Laura Lorenzini, the centenarian Cristaldi the Pickle, Enrico Caruso, Porky XII, the Great Sorrento, the Queen of Corsica--and, of course, the one and only Luigi. His tale will captivate you as much as his song! <p/><b>"Where <i>The Princess Bride</i> was lightheartedly brutal, this story is gently whimsical, well-complemented by Paul Giovanopoulos's zany drawings."--<i>San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle</i></b><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"This inventive, offbeat fable has a touch of magic about it."<b>--<i>Los Angeles Times</i></b> <p/>"Where <i>The Princess Bride</i> was lightheartedly brutal, this story is gently whimsical, well-complemented by Paul Giovanopoulos's zany drawings."<b>--<i>San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle</i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>William Goldman</b> is an Academy Award-winning author of screenplays, plays, memoirs, and novels. His first novel, <i>The Temple of Gold</i> (1957), was followed by the script for the Broadway army comedy <i>Blood, Sweat and Stanley Poole</i> (1961). He went on to write the screenplays for many acclaimed films, including <i>Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid</i> (1969) and <i>All the President's Men</i> (1976), for which he won two Academy Awards. He adapted his own novels for the hit movies <i>Marathon Man</i> (1976) and <i>The Princess Bride</i> (1987).
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