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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 843.914
EAN: 9781904738015
ISBN: 190473801X
Label: Bitter Lemon Press
Manufacturer: Bitter Lemon Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 200
Publication Date: April 01, 2005
Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press
Sales Rank: 531168
Studio: Bitter Lemon Press
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"Boisterous black comedy . . . funny and goodhearted, with much incident and expert enthusiasm for sex, food and drink."-The Literary Review
"Much to enjoy in the clash of cultures and superstitions, even a tasty recipe for poisoning your friends with pasta. Detail like this places European crime writing on a par with its American counterpart."-Belfast Independent
Some favors simply cannot be refused. Tonio agrees to write a love letter for Dario, a low-rent Paris gigolo. When Dario is murdered, a single bullet to the head, Tonio finds he has been left a small vineyard near Naples. The wine is undrinkable, but an elaborate scam has been set up. The smell of easy money attracts the unwanted attentions of the Mafia and the Vatican and the unbridled hatred of the locals. Mafiosi aren't choir boys, and monsignors can be very much like Mafiosi.
Winner of three mystery prizes in one year, including the Grand Prix de la Littrature Policire and the Prix Mystre de la Critique.
Tonino Benacquista, born in France of Italian immigrants, dropped out of film studies to finance his writing career. After being in turn a museum watchman, a train guard on the Paris-Rome line and a professional parasite on the Paris cocktail circuit, he is now a highly successful author of fiction and film scripts.
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Rating:  -
I found this book to be somehow lacking, despite the fact that it has apparently won one or more awards.
It sort of meandered along with the main character stumbling into plot connections, which perhaps reflects the Gallic and Italian flair referred to in a review clip from The Guardian.
''An iconoclastic chronicle of small-time crooks and desperate capers, with added Gallic and Italian flair. Wonderful fun.'' The Guardian
However, this stumbling just didn't ... Read More
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This was a good read. Surprisingly one of the most believable books that I have read in a long time. I recommend it for anyone who likes books that are intelligent yet still an easy read.
Rating:  -
Dario Trengoni and his childhood pal Antonio Polsinelli meet for the first time in years and discuss what each is doing and what is happening with some of their mutual friends from growing up Italian in South Paris. Dario insists "Anto" speaks the real language, Italian better than he so he asks a favor. Anto reluctantly agrees to writes a love letter for Dario to Madame Raphaelle ironically in French.
Not long after their encounter, someone shoots Dario in the head. Tonio as he known ... Read More
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