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|author=Catherine Banner
|title=The House at the Edge of Night
|rating=5
|genre=General Fiction
|summary=''The House at the Edge of Night'' is an epic family saga, spanning some 95 years and several generations. The story begins when Amedeo Esposito arrives at the isolated Sicilian island of Castellamare to serve as the first doctor in the island's history. He is immediately captivated by this strange little community; a heady mix of tradition, superstition and ritual. An island so small is naturally a hotbed of gossip, with 'overheard' confessions being dutifully relayed across the five-mile island within minutes of being heard. The benevolent Saint Agata watches over her people and bestows the odd miracle upon the fortunate. This is the place that Amedeo chooses to make his home and together with his resourceful wife Pina, they slowly restore the 'cursed' House at the Edge of Night to its former glory as a bar and meeting place for the locals.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0091959322</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author=Chuck Palahniuk
|summary= Immigration and radical contemporary art: the two themes of Miguel Ángel Hernández's ''Escape Attempt'' are debate-provoking even on their own, but brought together into one plot, they fall nothing short of creating a painfully current and ruthlessly polemic novel. The brave choice of subject matter takes the reader on a journey that revolts, angers, and excites: ''Escape Attempt'' is an experience that does not leave the reader untouched, and locks them in a page-turner that cannot be escaped.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>8494365878</amazonuk>
}}
