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Alba

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Out of the 6 books Delacorta has written starring Serge Gorodish and Alba, this is one of the best. The first few chapters dont make a lot of sense if you havent read Vida, but at about chapter 4 you have trouble putting it down. The reason for Gorodish being sent to prison was hilarious, I thought. Its worth reading the book just for its ending, which Im not going to tell >=D You have to read it yourself.

I hated this book. It was as though he took the names Alba & Gorodish & built completely new & bizarre characters. Instead of an undercurrent of a taboo sexual chemistry - they are all over each other; drinking & drugging. They are supposed to be super con men - when are they going to mastermind a job? Alba wasn't even a kleptomaniac in this edition.

Correcting a minor error in the previous review, there are only 5 of these delightful little books that belong back in print, possibly as a single volume (in order):
Nana, Luna, Diva, Lola(initially released as Rock) and Vida, the last and weakest, coming in the wake of the movie version of Diva which kept the basic plot but absolutely none of the spirit of the books.

I love the books and the movie, *but* they are two completely different animals. The books are, as described by Delacorta 'fairytales for adults' while the movie is an incredible journey in which Gorodish becomes the omnicient if not omnipotent mystical guardian of Alba (transformed into a Vietnamese orphan of all things) Jules and recording-shy opera star Cynthia.