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The Calligrapher
The Calligrapher is the debut novel of Edward Docx, published in 2003. Highly praised, it has been translated into eight languages. It was selected by Matt Thorn as his Summer fiction choice in ''The Independent''〔http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/summer-fiction-758453.html Retrieved 2010-01-30.〕 and by both ''San Francisco Chronicle'' and ''San Jose Mercury'' as a 'Best Book of the Year'.〔(Edward Docx (Author of The Calligrapher) ) from Goodreads. Retrieved 2010-01-30.〕 It was also a finalist for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. As of 2012 it had been translated into eight languages.〔(From first ideas to first draft with Ed Docx ) from ''The Guardian''. Retrieved 2012-11-27.〕
==Plot introduction==
Narrated by Jasper Jackson, an accomplished calligrapher and serial seducer living off Warwick Avenue, London; it tells how his seemingly perfect life unravels when his most recent infidelity is discovered and his girlfriend Lucy leaves him. Jasper though is soon captivated by a new neighbour Madeleine Belmont, a travel-writer, whilst he is commissioned to transcribe the Songs and Sonnets of John Donne for a wealthy American businessman. The book describes his growing love and commitment to Madeleine, illuminated by observations from the sonnets he is transcribing. But will his relationship with Madeleine last?
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