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  • Published: 6 August 1999
  • ISBN: 9780091837013
  • Imprint: Vintage Australia
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $30.00

My Beautiful Friend




A dark, brooding and erotic ghost story.

A dark, brooding and erotic ghost story.

Can you imagine what it must be like to take the souls of others? Marcello Mansini has been dead for more than two months, his body lost in the icy depths of Lac Leman. But when Aaron and Rebecca stumble across his gravestone, their hearts full of human despair, Mansini slips into their lives like the ancient viper he is. Soon, very soon, he will summon them both into the freezing darkness of the lake ... but only when their fear and horror have reached sickening heights.

  • Published: 6 August 1999
  • ISBN: 9780091837013
  • Imprint: Vintage Australia
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 320
  • RRP: $30.00

About the author

Venero Armanno

Venero (Veny) Armanno the author of two short story collections, Jumping at the Moon and Travel Under Any Star, and nine critically acclaimed novels. These include Black Mountain, The Dirty Beat, Romeo of the Underworld and Candle Life. His novel Firehead was shortlisted in the 1999 Queensland Premier’s Literary Award; in 2002 The Volcano won the award with Best Fiction Book of the year. His works have been published in the United States, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Holland, Israel and South Korea. Veny is a trained screenwriter and currently teaches creative writing at the University of Queensland.

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