For 10 points, name this novel about an Italian army officer who is skilled at playing the title stringed instrument, written by Louis de Bernières.
When a girl in this novel reports that she has climbed over a "great big spiky rustball" on the beach, the other characters realize to their horror that she is referring to a mine. After learning to read, a formerly illiterate fisherman in this novel discovers from his wife's letters that she no longer loves him, so he attempt to rape her. After returning home from a German internment camp, a character in this novel speaks for the first time in eight years to yell at his daughter and ex-mother-in-law to "Get out!" of his house, saving them during an (*) earthquake while he is crushed to death. In this novel, the gay soldier Carlo Guercio falls in love with the protagonist, shielding his body with his own when they face a firing squad. While billeted in Dr. Iannis's house on Cephalonia, the protagonist of this novel falls in love with his daughter Pelagia. For 10 points, name this novel about an Italian army officer who is skilled at playing the title stringed instrument, written by Louis de Bernières.
When a girl in this novel reports that she has climbed over a "great big spiky rustball" on the beach, the other characters realize to their horror that she is referring to a mine.
Captain Corelli’s Mandolin