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The
2003 Award
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The Discovery of Chocolate by James Runcie
Nominated by:
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Publisher of Nominated Edition: HarperCollins ISBN 0007107838 |
| the complete A-Z listing of nominated authors. |
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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| A young Spaniard, Diego de Godoy, sets sail for the New World in 1518 in search of fame and fortune. Fighting alongside Cortés and his conquistadors, Diego falls in love with Ignacia, a native woman who initiates him into the sensuous secret of chocolate. Although the lovers are soon separated, Ignacia has given Diego an elixir that will keep him alive for five hundred years. He and his faithful greyhound, Pedro, are destined to wander throughout the world and down the centuries seeking lost love, the perfection of chocolate and the meaning of life. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| James Runcie is a writer and an award-winning filmmaker. He has worked for the BBC and Channel Four. His films include Miss Pym's Day Out, Saturday / Sunday, My Father and the Great Fire. The Discovery of Chocolate is his first novel. |
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