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Two novels by Stephanie Siciarz
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Overview: Stephanie Siciarz was born in the US and is a graduate of Georgetown University and The Johns Hopkins University. She is a writer and translator and has worked for high-ranking officials in international, government, and academic institutions in the US and Europe. She currently resides in Ohio, where she is on the faculty at Kent State University. Left at the Mango Tree (October 2013), her first novel, was shortlisted for the Dundee International Book Prize and was named to Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2013. Her new novel, Away with the Fishes, was released in August 2014.
Genre: Fiction > Literary | Humorous
Left at the Mango Tree
On the tropical island country of Oh, Raoul Orlean wants to know two things: Who is his granddaughter’s true father and where did the missing pineapples go? The decline of the pineapple trade has left an abundance of the prickly fruit; Raoul, the sole man at Oh’s international customs counter, can present one to every tourist who deplanes, and outside the airport, his friend Bang sells penknives for cutting the pineapples. Nat, owner of a fleet of mismatched vehicles, drives the tourists to and fro, most likely depositing them at Oh’s popular bar, the Buddha’s Belly, overseen by the jolly and generous Cougar.
Raoul, Almondine’s grandfather, is troubled by her arrival in the world. She looks nothing like her faithful mother or father but everything like Gustave, the manager of a pineapple plantation. Raoul could dislike Gustave enough based on this suspicion, but then he awakens to a new surprise: Two acres of Gustave’s pineapple plantation have “disappeared” overnight. The country of Oh cries black magic.
Raoul—and by extension, the Office of Customs and Excise, whose government export tax the disappearance avoids—cries foul. Aided by his favorite nonfiction detective books, he diligently sets out to find his granddaughter’s origin and the missing pineapples. Oh seems to be a place overflowing with gossip and magic, but Raoul’s friends and family might hold the answers.
Away with the Fishes
On the island of Oh, where the pushy sun and troubling rains have been quiet too long, something is afoot. But what? A ghost? A murderer? A prankster with a can of paint? Whatever it is, it's leaving strange messages on Raoul Orlean's cottage about the disappearance of islander Rena Baker. Raoul's efforts to connect the painted dots—to decipher if Rena is alive or dead—lead him to the dusty tale of Dagmore Bowles, an eccentric sea captain who jumped to a watery death. As Raoul dives into the Captain's past, local police set their sights on Rena’s boyfriend, Madison Fuller: surely he’s killed her and tossed her body into the sea! As Madison’s murder trial runs amok, Raoul grapples with the riddle of Rena's whereabouts, and with the secret that she and Dagmore share. The writing on the wall points to both. But in a race against the slippery gears of island justice, Raoul worries he won’t spell out the answers in time.
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Overview: Stephanie Siciarz was born in the US and is a graduate of Georgetown University and The Johns Hopkins University. She is a writer and translator and has worked for high-ranking officials in international, government, and academic institutions in the US and Europe. She currently resides in Ohio, where she is on the faculty at Kent State University. Left at the Mango Tree (October 2013), her first novel, was shortlisted for the Dundee International Book Prize and was named to Kirkus Reviews' Best Books of 2013. Her new novel, Away with the Fishes, was released in August 2014.
Genre: Fiction > Literary | Humorous
Left at the Mango Tree
On the tropical island country of Oh, Raoul Orlean wants to know two things: Who is his granddaughter’s true father and where did the missing pineapples go? The decline of the pineapple trade has left an abundance of the prickly fruit; Raoul, the sole man at Oh’s international customs counter, can present one to every tourist who deplanes, and outside the airport, his friend Bang sells penknives for cutting the pineapples. Nat, owner of a fleet of mismatched vehicles, drives the tourists to and fro, most likely depositing them at Oh’s popular bar, the Buddha’s Belly, overseen by the jolly and generous Cougar.
Raoul, Almondine’s grandfather, is troubled by her arrival in the world. She looks nothing like her faithful mother or father but everything like Gustave, the manager of a pineapple plantation. Raoul could dislike Gustave enough based on this suspicion, but then he awakens to a new surprise: Two acres of Gustave’s pineapple plantation have “disappeared” overnight. The country of Oh cries black magic.
Raoul—and by extension, the Office of Customs and Excise, whose government export tax the disappearance avoids—cries foul. Aided by his favorite nonfiction detective books, he diligently sets out to find his granddaughter’s origin and the missing pineapples. Oh seems to be a place overflowing with gossip and magic, but Raoul’s friends and family might hold the answers.
Away with the Fishes
On the island of Oh, where the pushy sun and troubling rains have been quiet too long, something is afoot. But what? A ghost? A murderer? A prankster with a can of paint? Whatever it is, it's leaving strange messages on Raoul Orlean's cottage about the disappearance of islander Rena Baker. Raoul's efforts to connect the painted dots—to decipher if Rena is alive or dead—lead him to the dusty tale of Dagmore Bowles, an eccentric sea captain who jumped to a watery death. As Raoul dives into the Captain's past, local police set their sights on Rena’s boyfriend, Madison Fuller: surely he’s killed her and tossed her body into the sea! As Madison’s murder trial runs amok, Raoul grapples with the riddle of Rena's whereabouts, and with the secret that she and Dagmore share. The writing on the wall points to both. But in a race against the slippery gears of island justice, Raoul worries he won’t spell out the answers in time.
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