by Dirk Bogarde · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140172430
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«Voices in the Garden» is Dirk Bogarde's novel, published by Penguin in paperback (352 pages, in English).
The novel is set in a 1920s villa at Cap Ferrat, in cosmopolitan London, and in the home of a German landowning family in the shadow of the Wall. It weaves together the lives of a respected historian, his wife, and a magnetic young man, until they are shaken by the powerful director Grotterosso, determined to film the life of Napoleon's son.
The cover notes that the novel was adapted as a drama for the BBC.
For readers of literary fiction seeking stories with a European setting and a tone of human comedy.
Sir Dirk Bogarde was an English actor, novelist and screenwriter. Initially a matinée idol in films such as Doctor in the House (1954) for the Rank Organisation, he later acted in art house films, evolving from "heartthrob to icon of edginess".
