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Condition: Very Good Jacket faded and discoloured, particularly spine. Page edges discoloured and with small stamp on bottom. Pencil commentary on pre-title, pages irregularly cut. Binding tight. Plot / Content: "The Catch Trap is the story of the remarkable Santelli family: Lucia, the greatest of stars in her day, now the matriarch who is haunted by the fame she once had; Angelo, whose genial acceptance of the family tradition conceals a startling secet; Johnny, the rebel brother, who tries again and again to escape from the family, before accepting his central role in their preservation; Liss, married to an outsidere and torn between her new loyalties and the call of the family into which she had been born; Stella, like Tommy an outsider, the carnival girl who seizes for herself what Lucia has lost and what Liss dares not reclaim; and Papa Tony, the gentle patriarch, who rules them all with unsparing discipline and unfailing love. "Set sagainst the turbulent background of the Forties, the novel moves from tawdry backwater circuses to the glamor of Hollywood and the excitement of Center Ring in Madison Square Garden. The Catch Trap is the story of how this proud, courageous and tightly knit clan fights to regain its lost stature. It is the story of real people whose shared ambitions lead them to discover the best in themselves by being unafraid to test their limits. But, most significantly, it is the story of Tommy Zane and Mario Santelli." (from the jacket) Background / Biography:
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Quote from this book "Mario stood slim and straight in the center of the class, shepherding the students, all younger than Tommy, with soft words and crisp finger-snappings thruogh complex groupings - half dance, half aerobatics - that Tommy's untrained eyes could not follow. Tommy stood at one side, out of the way, watching with an odd jealousy. The students clustered around Mario, demanding attention as Tommy never dared, calling him 'Matt' or 'Mister Gardner' more or less at random. One boy of eleven or twelve, short and slim and amazingly compact, seemed to be the class show-off and favorite; he kept posing, doing incredibly high kicks, spinning dizzily. Graceful and gay and impudent, he had a thick mop of dark curls, and his bright eyes followed Mario everywhere with obvious adoration. He was in the center of every group, and after one demonstration he rushed up and spoke to Mario in a fast, breathless voice. Tommy didn't hear what he said, but Mario put his hand in the middle of the boy's back, lightly supporting him as he bend further and further; abruptly the boy tensed like a coiled spring and turned a quick, neat back flip. Mario smiled as the child came to his feet. 'Not bad, Eric. See, you can do it by yourself - you don't really need me to help you.' Then he tilted his head, meeting Tommy's eyes, and suddenly Tommy's formless jealousy vanished. Mario was gentle and familiar with these children where he was rough, abrupt and demanding with Tommy, but Tommy realized now that the difference was the greatest compliment Mario could have paid him. They were partners, fellow professionals, and Mario, scorning any indulgence, demanded the utmost Tommy could give." pp 126 - 127 Secondhand booksellers |
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