PARTY IN SAN NICCOLO

An entrancing story that is one of the most absorbing examinations of theEnglish in Italy since A Room With A View. Set during one week inspringtime Florence, A Party In San Niccolo follows the events leading upto the seventy-fifth birthday party for Frances Richardson, a much-lovedEnglish resident. Around her, Frances' friends are gearing up for theparty too: Frank, a disenchanted journalist; Jane, who runs an Italiancookery school for rich Home Counties wives; her shady husband Niccolo;and Gina, a beleaguered mother-of-three who has come to Florence for abreak. Before the week is out love, death, family secrets and old memorieswill come to a head at Frances' party, with dramatic results...