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Pulitzer novelist Andrew Sean Greer on ‘charm novels’, the Italian life and travel wisdom

Good Weekend Talks by Good Weekend

Jun 12, 202634:12News & Politics

Picture this: a crumbling Italian mansion in the Tuscan hills, an eccentric aristocrat, sun-soaked lunches, too much wine and a house humming with secrets. That's the delightful world into which we're heading today as we...

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