Meet Vince Mori, an Italian Cumbrian, and a very passionate man. Vince is obsessed with women, the clarinet, and his trad jazz band, The Chompin Stompers. His romantic son Enzo is obsessed with only one woman, his brilliant Oxford contemporary, the world-famous jazz guitarist, Fanny Golightly. Unfortunately, single-minded Fanny only has eyes for a Portuguese musical legend called Toto Cebola.

John Murray's revelatory new novel is the ideal read for all those interested in the cosmopolitan music scene and the Eternal Trriangle.

"One of the best comic writers we've got, the only natural heir to Flann O'Brien" - JONATHAN COE, The Observer

JOHN MURRAY was born in West Cumbria in 1950. He has won various literary awards, including the Dylan Thomas Award in 1988 for a collection of short stories, Pleasure, and the Lakeland Book of the Year Award in 2002 for John Dory, the first novel to be so honoured. He has written five previous novels.

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