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The son of missionary parents, Frank Scaeffer was born in 1952 and when young did live in Switzerland and holiday on the Italian Riviera. He now lives in New York and Massachusetts. Portofino was his first novel, Zermatt continues the story of Calvin Becker and his hilarious, holier-than-thou family. With his son John, he wrote the New York Times bestseller, Keeping Faith- A Father-Son Story about Love and the United States Marine Corps.
'Beautifully written with great insight and unselfconscious humour' * PUBLISHERS WEEKLY * 'Poignant and hilarious...by turns, sentimental, celebratory, evocative and very funny' * LOS ANGELES TIMES * 'Not since Huck Finn has American literature been graced with a character as irresistible as Calvin Dort Becker' * ANDRE DUBUS III * 'Evocative, funny and wonderfully observed, reading this book is a holiday in itself' * GUARDIAN * 'Eloquently captures the atmosphere of place and period... Schaeffer describes both the pleasures and the occasional torments of childhood with charm and humour...the warmth of characterisation is matched by the novel's rich evocation of Italian life, and the accuracy with which it captures the nuances of 1960s manners' * THE TIMES *
