Palace of the Drowned : A Novel by Christine Mangan (2021, Hardcover)

Description: Palace of the Drowned : A Novel by Christine Mangan (2021, Hardcover). An Amazon Best Book of June 2021: For Frankie Croy, a writer suffering from an inability to recapture the success of her youth, a savage review—and the public meltdown it inspired—has driven her to Venice, where she hopes to regroup and wait out her public disgrace in a friend’s palazzo. Along comes Gilly, a young woman who insinuates herself into Frankie’s life, occupying a space somewhere between admirer, Girl Friday, and protégée. But the foundations of their friendship prove to be as unstable as those of Venice itself, and by the time of the 1966 flood that almost destroys the city, ambition and insecurity threaten to do the same to their bond. Like her previous novel, Tangerine, set in Tangier, Palace of the Drowned adroitly depicts stylish, mid-century jet setters whose tightly-wound personalities are at odds with their exotic locales, and whose self-possession threatens to come undone in the face of messy personal relationships. —Vannessa Cronin, Amazon Book Review Product Description From the bestselling author of Tangerine, a "taut and mesmerizing follow up...voluptuously atmospheric and surefooted at every turn” (Paula McLain, author of The Paris Wife and When the Stars Go Dark). It’s 1966 and Frankie Croy retreats to her friend’s vacant palazzo in Venice. Years have passed since the initial success of Frankie’s debut novel and she has spent her career trying to live up to the expectations. Now, after a particularly scathing review of her most recent work, alongside a very public breakdown, she needs to recharge and get re-inspired. Then Gilly appears. A precocious young admirer eager to make friends, Gilly seems determined to insinuate herself into Frankie’s solitary life. But there’s something about the young woman that gives Frankie pause. How much of what Gilly tells her is the truth? As a series of lies and revelations emerge, the lives of these two women will be tragically altered as the catastrophic 1966 flooding of Venice ravages the city. Suspenseful and transporting, Christine Mangan's Palace of the Drowned brings the mystery of Venice to life while delivering a twisted tale of ambition and human nature.

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