Come Dance With Me

"Come Dance With Me" by Hoban, Russell, published by Bloomsbury UK. *There is a strangeness about Christabel Alderton. Elias Newman can see it right away, as well he might. *When Christabel was13 she was walking by the River Lea and some people in a cabin cruiser waved to her. The scene before her seemed to freeze like a photograph and she felt weird. A little later the boat blew up and killed everyone on board. Since then shes been troubled by a sort of second sight that works sometimes, but not always. Now, years later, she sings with a band called Mobile Mortuary who make their onstage entrance climbing out of body drawers. Death is much on her mind because the men in her life tend to die before their time and shes come to think shes bad luck. Elias Newman is a diabetologist who meets Christabel at a Royal Academy of Arts exhibition. Fascinated, hes keen to know her better. Shes attracted to him but afraid of what might happen if she lets herself fall in love. Christabel and Elias are complicated people. Via Symbolist paintings and German ballads the narrative flows from the River Lea via a haunted woodland bog out to the crash of the Pacific surf on Kahakuloa Head in the Hawaiian Islands. And only in a Hoban novel could such an intensely involving love story embrace the redemptive power of ketchup bottles. Review 'Russell Hoban is the most original novelist that we have' The Times 'Hoban remains a magnificently angry, unashamedly dirty old man, whose surreal vigour shows no signs of giving out yet. Trust him, he's a wierdo' Guardian About the Author Russell Hoban is the author of manynovels including Amaryllis Night and Day , The Bat Tattoo , Her Name Was Lola , Riddley Walker , and Turtle Diary . His books for children include the Frances books and The Mouse and his Child . Book details: published 2005. Order now on BookShops.in with fast, reliable delivery across India.