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==Historical fiction==
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|author=Michelle Lovric
|title=The Book of Human Skin
|rating=5
|genre=Historical Fiction
|summary=''Ye can't take the slither out ovva snake.''
So says Gianni, valet in a wealthy eighteenth century Venetian household. The master, a merchant, divides his time between Italy and Peru, where he deals in silver. But the merchant isn't the serpent - his son Minguillo is. On the night an earthquake ripped through Peru and deposited fanatical nun Sor Loreta at the convent in Arequipa, Minguillo was born - a serpent in his family's midst. His own mother couldn't bear to nurse him and his father went into denial, making more and more frequent trips to a South American home free of sociopathic progeny.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>140880588X</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Elif Shafak
