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Stolen
From Gypsies
A
Novel by Noble Smith
Stolen
from Gypsies, Noble Smith's outrageously hilarious first novel,
involves a stolen Gypsy baby, a tongue-tied accountant, a
rich merchant, the merchant's ravishing daughter, magicians,
spells, contracts in blood, pirates, transformations, Dim
Avengers, döppelgangers, demons, duels, dicksocks, angels,
carnal temptations, imprisonment and redemption. If this sounds
like Shakespeare meets Monty Python, you are not too far off.
Smith stages his comedic adventure in the early 19th century.
Ambrogio Smythe, a hypochondriacal British nobleman, is blessed
by childhood memories of Gypsies. Ambrogio leaves his ancestral
estate and makes his way to Florence, always aware of the
lurking menace of the hated Napoleon Bonaparte. In Tuscany,
Ambrogio meets a wandering storyteller, hears a magical yarn
about a Gypsy babe kidnapped by a demon, buys a shred of parchment
as evidence, and begins to write his own version of the saga,
vowing to one day publish it in the finest Morocco leather.
Smith has created a historical comedy within a historical
comedy that is as absurd and enjoyable as Monty Python's The
Holy Grail and Goldman's The Princess Bride. The characters
leap off the page in full costume.
About
the Author
Noble Smith is an award winning playwright living in Vermont.
This is his first novel.
Praise
for Stolen from Gypsies
". . .
full of bawdy humor and slapstick comedy . . . a parody of
medieval romance literature . . . . Smith's novel will delight
and entertain fantasy readers and lovers of the The Princess
Bride and The Black Adder." Booklist (Starred Review)
"Noble
Smith's wit and inventiveness, and the astonishing range of
his learning, recreates the picaresque novel almost single-handedly,
then promptly stands it on its head, all the while reminding
us of what real story telling always was, and still can be.
The book is a pure delight, and I can't wait to see what Mr.
Smith does next." Peter S. Beagle, author of The Last Unicorn
and Tamsin
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Fiction / Fantasy
Original Trade Paperback
$15.95
ISBN 1-883991-82-X
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