In the Company of the Courtesan侏儒與交際花

1527. While the Papal city of Rome burns - brutally sacked by an invading army including Protestant heretics - two of her most interesting and wily citizens slip away, their stomachs churning on the jewels they have swallowed as the enemy breaks down their doors. Though almost as damaged as their beloved city, Fiammetta Bianchini and Bucino Teodoldi - a fabulous courtesan and her dwarf companion - are already planning their future. They head for the shimmering beauty of Venice, a honey pot of wealth and trade where they start to rebuild their business. As a partnership they are invincible: Bucino, clever with a sharp eye and a wicked tongue and Fiammetta, beautiful and shrewd, trained from birth to charm, entertain and satisfy men who have the money to support her. Venice, however, is a city which holds its own temptations. From the admiring Turk in search of human novelties for his Sultan's court, to the searing passion of a young lover who wants more than his allotted nights. But the greatest challenge comes from a young blind woman, a purveyor of health and beauty, who insinuates her way into their lives with devastating consequences for them all.

一旦當了交際花，登上花名冊的頂端，就成了她無法逃避的宿命。
我叫布奇諾，是她豢養的侏儒。
我是管家，也是守門人，更是芙恩梅塔最忠實的朋友，永遠都不會棄她不顧。
從一開始我就決定，不讓任何人加入我們，甚至包括那些我們最需要的人……
奇情、詭譎、直探人心最幽微之處，只要一開始閱讀就讓人無法停止！
繼《維納斯的誕生》　莎拉．杜南特再度寫出暢銷之作！
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醜陋使人孤獨，但絕美也使人孤獨。
我和她之間沒有愛情，但我卻想永遠占有她！
我家小姐芙恩梅塔，就像我，是個謊言專家。連她做愛的呻吟都是假的，那是她討生活的方法。討我們的生活…
我們兩人經營的是一項興隆的生意，這生意就和威尼斯所賴以建立財富的其他任何行業一樣複雜與苛求。
完美的交際花身邊完美的侏儒，我們兩人之間從來沒有人能夠介入，但一名盲眼治療師卻讓我們原本和諧的關係開始出現猜忌、不滿；更糟的是我家小姐中了對交際花而言唯一致命的病痛---愛情！愚蠢啊。她真愚蠢：冒了這麼多險，走了這麼遠的路，成就了這麼多，卻為了這麼少的代價拋棄了一切……
這是一個關於慾望與欺騙，醜陋與美麗，忠誠與友誼的故事，《侏儒與交際花》描繪出一個世界最偉大的城市---威尼斯，在她史上最顛峰時刻的圖像：這個圖像，讓你掩卷之後，仍然久久不能忘懷。