Charles blackstone is the author of vintage attraction, a novel published in 20 and 2014 by pegasus books w. Courting alpana singh inspires charles blackstones vintage attraction. Vintage attraction is a rich and insightful novel by an exciting, young literary talent. His education in wine goes hand in hand with his growing marriage. Charles blackstone born march 21, 1977 is an american writer and managing editor of literary website bookslut. Portrait of charles blackstone, author of vintage attraction. Charles blackstone before peter met izzy, he could tell red wine from white wine and knew that cheap chardonnay was favored by freshmen college girls and that it could cause a terrible headache, but that was it. On the surface, the line between fact and fiction is as foggy as one of the wine hangovers in chicago author charles blackstone s new novel, vintage attraction pegasus books, 20. Tapping into his intimate knowledge of the wine world, charles blackstone has created a quirky novel about love, marriage, greece and, yes, plenty of vino. Read vintage attraction by charles blackstone available from rakuten kobo. If you like pugs, wine, and greece, vintage attraction is for you. In charles blackstones vintage attraction, wine becomes a parable for love and the complexities that comprise both. Before peter met izzy, he could tell red wine from white wine and knew that cheap chardonnay was favored by freshmen college girls and that it could cause a terrible headache, but that was it.
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In 2008, blackstone and his wife, restaurateur alpana singh, presented a panel at the printers row book fair called wine in literature. Find books like vintage attraction from the worlds largest community of readers. He is also coeditor of the literary anthology the art of friction university of texas press, 2008 and the author of the week you werent here dzanc books and low fidelity press, 2005, a novel. This october, blackstone will be celebrating the release of vintage attraction, a novel about an english teacher named peter hapworth who meets a prominent sommelier, isabelle conway.
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