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Robert Hellenga, bestselling author of The Sixteen Pleasures, once again reveals his profound understanding of the strength and resilience of the human spirit in a compelling and masterful novel. Alan Woodhull ("Woody"), a classics professor at a small Midwestern college, finds himself... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Alan "Woody" Woodhull: A classics professor at a small midwestern college
- Turi: Add a description of this character.
- Ludi
- Gabriella
- Mama
- Alireza
- Allison Mirsadigi
- Signor Strappafelci
- Sara
- Angela Strappafelci
- Richard
- Hannah
- Jane
- Cookie
- Curtis
- Sally
- Babak
- Whoody
- Voody Khan
- Saul
- Forti
- Daniel
- Conti
- Giampaolo
- Signor Whodull
- Lorenz
- Ms. Mirsadiqi
- Franco Della Chiave
- Ann Arbor
- Ms. Hillman
- Segreto Di Stato
- Judge Dibernardi
- John Jackson
- Kruger Road
- Mr. Bradley
- Hanson
- Marx
- Palumbo
- Beccone
- Lasky
- Milazzo
- Martin
- Bevilacqua
Setting & Locations edit
- Bologna
- Rome
- Italy
- St. Clair
- Chicago
- Esfahan
- Argentina
- Persian
- New York
- Grinnell
- Mireza
- Paris
- United States
- Goethe
- Illinois
- Hyde Park
- Harvard
- Cambridge
- Iran
- New Cameron
- Civitavecchia
- Buenos Aires
- France
- Venice
- Campobello
- Mount Parnassus
- Florence
- Tehran
- Moline
- Dubuque
- Michigan
- California
- Iowa City
- Milan
- Minneapolis
- Switzerland
- Via Irnerio
- Cincinnati
- Europe
- Palermo
- Geneva
- Sicily
- Midwest
First Sentence edit
On Friday, August 15, 1980-Assumption Day, the middle of the August holidays- a bomb exploded in the train station in Bologna, Italy, killing eighty-six people, including my sister Cookie, who was sitting in the second class waiting room, about two meters from where the bomb went off, waiting for a train back to Rome.
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- Robert Hellenga (Author)
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Page Count: 460
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Page Count: 460
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- Dewey: 813.54
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