November 19, 2011

Meet author Warren Dekko


Warren Dekko is a Belgian-American novelist. He was born and raised in Brussels, and those who know me know why I am writing here about him.  In 2005 he moved to Milan, Italy where he started writing Appointment in Milano. He currently lives in Antwerp.
'Appointment in Milano' revolves around James who has abandoned his top law firm internship in NYC to pursue a modeling career in Europe. Against the advice of his friends he becomes romantically involved with Gia, a somewhat moonstruck but furiously intelligent female model of 20. James immediately falls in with her clique of dandies, models and designer-clad hipsters and finds himself immersed in shallow intrigue and easy loving against a backdrop of drugs, fashion parties and never ending drinking sessions. As Gia rockets to stardom, she steadily develops a closer and closer emotional attachment to James, but some of her conduct in reaction to superstar status causes James to take distance. Will James go back to the law and follow in his father's footsteps or is he destined to become a messiah for the cocktail crowd of our day and age?
This book is finely written and one of the funniest and sometimes also saddest books I have ever read.  It's a story of unexpected depth, despite the ridiculously shallow cast of characters and their asinine preoccupations.

For an excerpt click the following link  http://thescrambler.com/eng/issues/issue-47-july-2011/warren-dekko/

Appointment in Milano is available in bookstores in Brussels, Antwerp, Paris and Milano and can be purchased on line.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/appointment-in-milano-warren-dekko/1106032029
https://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A2SS83H65UJBYH?ie=UTF8&%2AVersion%2A=1&%2Aentries%2A=0
http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/appointment-in-milano/16519093
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23 comments:

  2. I've just read the book and until the last page it completely blew my mind!!
    Too bad I am on tour right now...

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  4. I've read the book, with pleasure, and it's almost incredible that this is a first book. I hope he goes on, and gives us a lot more.
    Dear mister dekko, don't stop!!!

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  5. Piere and Loach ! Thanks

    Glad you liked the book, Anonymous.. I think you are Dimitri.. in Panama right now.. exact?

    That is a very nice comment, Chris. I know Warren appreciates it so much... coming from an English literature expert like you, it means a lot.

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  6. Hallo Anni
    Mooie scherpe zwart wit foto.
    Groeten Bets

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  7. Thanks for the tip Anni...very intriguing, I am off to read more..

    Jeanne x:)

    PS..many thanks for your comment today too!

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  8. Ciao Anni, grazie per i tuoi commenti sul mio blog. Come ti ho già detto più volte, non conosco l'inglese e non capisco perché non mi appare più il traduttore di Google sul mio schermo.
    Quindi non sono in grado di apprezzare il tuo post. Veramente spiacente e spero di essere perdonato.

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  9. Thanks for the hot tip on this one!
    V

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  10. I read it and I loved it! Wishing Warren Dekko a succesful literary career. Glad to see a picture of the author!

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  11. i got intrigued...
    sounds like a book i would like to read sometime
    thanks for your comment on my paraphernalia : )

    i`ll be visiting

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