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Something Great and Beautiful, A Novel of Love, Wall Street and Focaccia

✍ Scribed by Pellegrini, Enrico

Book ID
110475036
Publisher
Other Press
Year
2018
Tongue
en-US
Weight
4 MB
Category
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781590519745

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✦ Synopsis

Sympathetic, good-for-nothing Rosso Fiorentino leaves the beautiful Italian Riviera to follow the woman he loves to America, and soon finds himself the hero of a darkly funny tale when his improbable business plan becomes the rage on Wall Street.
Rosso Fiorentino, a charming loser who dreams of becoming a writer, falls in love with ChloΓ©, a brilliant young woman with a troubled past. They meet in India, where famous Italian novelist the Maestro has decided to spend his last days. They cross paths again in Portofino, and Rosso, following the Maestro's injunction to finally do something worthwhile with his life, enlists the help of his friends, a baker and a street peddler, to follow ChloΓ© to America and sell focaccia on the streets of New York. While Rosso struggles to make a living with odd jobs, ChloΓ©, now armed with a law degree from Chicago, gets hired by a top Wall Street firm.
Rosso is eventually able to achieve his dream, opening a...

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