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As a writer in these dark economic days with royalties far south of John Grisham’s, I follow a prudent investment strategy – I buy weekly lottery tickets and daydream who will star in the movie of my book. An East-West love story set in 16th century Venice and a Burmese city turned to ashes will not come cheap, but I keep dreaming and have a neighborhood tailor on call ready to let out my tux for Oscar night.Read an excerpt from The Jewel Trader of Pegu, and learn more about the author and his work at Jeffrey Hantover's website.
When writing The Jewel Trader of Pegu, Adrien Brody was always Abraham, the tall, melancholy Venetian Jew who reluctantly travels to Pegu to buy stones for his uncle. In his Academy Award winning performance in The Pianist and the recent Cadillac Records, we sense beneath Brody’s angular face a churning inner world. He could with a simple expression or glance convey Abraham’s doubts and ethical turmoil.
For Mya, the Peguan peasant woman whose love redeems Abraham...[read on]
The Jewel Trader of Pegu, now available in paperback.
Browse inside the paperback with its P.S. section of insights, interviews and more.
The Page 69 Test: The Jewel Trader of Pegu.
My Book, The Movie: The Jewel Trader of Pegu.
--Marshal Zeringue
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