About this title: 'A brilliant, sarcastic appraisal of life in Italy, told in swift-paced prose -a murder mystery intermingled with witty observations and telling phrases that cut through to the bone of the Italian people.' -Newsday
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Texas Bookman
Date published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780704334823ISBN:0704334828
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: George Braziller
Date published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780807610930ISBN:0807610933
Description: Good. 1984-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: NYRB Classics
Date published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781590172223ISBN:1590172221
Description: Good. Only lightly used. Book has minimal wear to cover and binding. A few pages may have small creases and minimal underlining. Book selection as BIG as Texas. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: George Braziller
Date published: 1965
ISBN-13:9780807610930ISBN:0807610933
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Text in English, Italian. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 388 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Date published: 2007-02-27
ISBN-13:9781590172223ISBN:1590172221
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9781590172223. read more
Edition: English Language Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Quartet Books
Date published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780704334823ISBN:0704334828
Description: Good. No Jacket. Used book translated from the Italian by William Weaver. Main body of text very readable with end pages showing marks. Front end paper marked. Soft cover marked front and back with scuffing to edges, corners and spine area. Corners curled. Book described: "One of the greatest and most original Italian novels of our time. " 388 pages. read more
Edition: First edition. First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: George Braziller
Date published: 1965
ISBN-13:9780807610930ISBN:0807610933
Description: Fine in fine dust jacket. Text in English, Italian. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 388 p. Audience: General/trade. An Excellent Copy of a wonderful book Near New Condition First Printing stated Translated from the Italian and an introduction by William Weaver read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: George Braziller
Date published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780807610930ISBN:0807610933
Description: Good. GOOD with average wear to cover and pages. We offer a no-hassle guarantee on all our items. Orders generally ship by the next business day. Default Text. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: George Braziller
Date published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780807610930ISBN:0807610933
Description: Acceptable. ACCEPTABLE with noted wear to cover and pages. Binding intact. May contain highlighting, inscriptions or notations. We offer a no-hassle guarantee on all our items. Orders generally ship by the next business day. Default Text. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: NYRB Classics
Date published: 2007-02-27
ISBN-13:9781590172223ISBN:1590172221
Description: Very Good. Paperback. Approx. 3% or less with some writing/notations. Moderate cover wear. All orders are carefully packaged and processed within 24 hours. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Date published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781590172223ISBN:1590172221
Description: Good. Publishers Overstock. A Good copy with a Remainder Mark and wear to the covers and the extremities. Buy with confidence from an Independent Bookstore where the owners, a husband and wife team, have over 25 years of combined bookselling experience. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Inc
Date published: 2007
ISBN-13:9781590172223ISBN:1590172221
Description: 'A brilliant, sarcastic appraisal of life in Italy, told in swift-paced prose-a murder mystery intermingled with witty observations and telling phrases that cut through to the bone of the Italian people. '-Newsday. read more
"Ugh. Challenging read indeed. Some have compared it to Joyce, but the fizzy, pun-filled slangy tone along with the irresistible urge to digress on the part of the author reminds me more of G. V. Desani's All About H. Hatterr. The usual caveats about reading in translation surely apply here. Despite the many difficulties with this, there are many darkly comic scenes. Don't read it for the plot; luxuriate in the digressions and the interactions between the baffled cops and the knowing underclass."
"Extraordinary book - a philosophical novel that flirts with being a police procedural but ultimately can't be bothered - a whodunit in which you, in fact, never find out who did it. Meanwhile, the density and poly-linguistic character of the writing flirts with Finnegans Wake and the number of words that are unknown to me in English (courtesy of the ubiquitous William Weaver's translation) boggles the mind as to what they could be in Italian. Quite unlike most other things you have read."
""Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.""
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