About this title: When the corpse of the shady industrialist who owns the local football team is found both shot and stabbed with a Parmesan knife, Italian police inspector Aurelio Zen is called to Bologna to oversee the investigation. Recovering slowly from surgery, and fleeing an equally painful crisis in his personal life, Zen is only too happy to take on what ...
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Description: Very Good. Former Library book. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. 2006-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: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 9/19/2006
ISBN-13:9780307275882ISBN:0307275884
Description: New. Paperback. You are buying a Book in NEW condition with very light shelf wear to include very light edge and corner wear. Buy it Now! ! ! As always, thank you for buying this book from International Book Source, YOUR ONE source FOR ALL your BOOK related NEEDS. Please remember to CHOOSE carefully how QUICKLY you would like to RECEIVE this material FAST, or standard (on next page). Thanks again! ! ! ! read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Vintage Crime, New York
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780307275882ISBN:0307275884
Description: Near Fine; Book is straight and tight with small stain to fore edge. 0307275884. This Aurelio Zen mystery follows the world-weary Venetian detective to Bologna to investigate the apparently straightforward murder of a local industrialist, embroiling him a case that quickly spirals out of control and entangles him with a semiotics student, a mysterious immigrant claiming to be royalty, and Bologna's most incompetent private detective.; Aurelio Zen; Trade PB; 0.71 x 7.95 x 5.12 Inches; 223 pages. read more
Description: Like New. Vintage, TPB, 2005. 1st PB printing. Appears never read, clean, tight binding, no markings or highlighting, minimal shelf wear. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780307275882ISBN:0307275884
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-library. Usual library markings and stickers, spine is reinforced with tape. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 223 p. Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Crime / Black Lizard
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780307275882ISBN:0307275884
Description: Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Near-new condition. Appears unread. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, bright pages. NO writing, marks or tears. 224 pages. Synopsis In the latest installment in his critically acclaimed Italian mystery series, Michael Didbin sends Aurelio Zen to Italy's culinary capital, Bologna, where he discovers that some cases are not quite what they appear to be. When the corpse of the shady Bologna industrialist who owns the local football team is found both shot ... read more
Edition: First edition. 1st ptg thus.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780307275882ISBN:0307275884
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. Softcover, as shown. Only minor cover shopwear, 1st ptg thus, and--APPEARS NOT READ. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 223 pp. Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Ships from the UK. missing flyleaf Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780571227754ISBN:0571227759
Description: Good. EX-LIBRARY WITH USUAL LIBRARY MARKINGS. USUAL SIGNS OF A WELL READ BOOK BUT GOOD OVERALL CONDITION SECURE DAILY POSTING FROM UK. 30 DAY GUARANTEE. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780571227754ISBN:0571227759
Description: Good. EX-LIBRARY WITH USUAL LIBRARY MARKINGS. USUAL SIGNS OF A WELL READ BOOK BUT GOOD OVERALL CONDITION SECURE DAILY POSTING FROM UK. 30 DAY GUARANTEE. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780571227754ISBN:0571227759
Description: Good. EX LIBRARY COPY-GOOD OVERALL CONDITION-TRUSTED DEVON (UK) BASED SELLER-IN STOCK-SENT WITHIN 1 WORKING DAY-AVAILABLE BY EMAIL FOR QUERIES-NO QUIBBLE REFUND IF NOT COMPLETELY SATISFIED- read more
"Love to read Dibdin's books. Each fun mystery takes place in a different locale in Italy. Zen is a quirky kind of Italian policeman. Solves the crimes despite his ambition to do so."
"Lichtvoetigste deel van de Aurelio Zen-reeks, maar daarom niet minder genietbaar. Er wordt gespeeld met zowat alle Italiaanse clichés, er zijn hopen culturele referenties, inclusief een semioticus die overduidelijk gebaseerd is op Umberto Eco en een plot en stijl die carnavalesk en een beetje onnozel zijn. Fijne commedia dell'arte of zoiets. (***1/2)"
"This was a great thriller. Just the right thing to read on holiday. You could tell that the author had spent a long time in Italy and knows the culture well."
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