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A TWIST OF LEMON—The Tuscan Adventures:Tuscany is the stage upon which William, the sculptor, and Richard, the teacher and writer, are the catalysts for nearly all those with whom they come into prolonged contact: an aging "Marchesa" and her son sustained by memories and illusions of lost wealth and position; "convent" nuns transformed by loss of faith, romantic interludes and by temporal seduction; an eccentric American duenna enriched by her wards and surrounded by the expensive chattels acquired to fill her servant-maintained, rented villa; the sculptor's sister on her "grand tour" of Europe with diverse companions; an American lady of compromised virtue but emboldened by Freudian cant; and each other as they are forced to recognize the depth of their love and the tenuousness even of a long-term, committed relationship.A TWIST OF LEMON—The Tuscan Adventures is a literate exposition of a wide spectrum of personal and cultural hypocrisy whether by members of the clergy, wealthy property owners, "contadini," expatriate pretenders or by a brother, a sister, or a lover.