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Cargando... A Dead Man in Triestepor Michael Pearce
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Trieste in 1906 is of vital strategic importance and one of the world's greatest seaports. But assorted nationalist movements are threatening to pull the place apart and the militarist regime has trouble keeping a lid on things. Amid all the chaos the British consul goes missing, and Special Branch Seymour is sent to find him. Born to an immigrant family in London's East End, Seymour has an acute linguistic ear - crucial in turn-of-the-century Trieste. As he attempts to solve the riddle of the consul's disappearance, Seymour discovers dark and disturbing corners of the city and finds that it holds the secrets of his own family's past. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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The setting and the political climate kept me reading despite some obvious weaknesses. Chronological errors or inconsistencies get under my skin, and this book has some big ones. There's no question that this book is set within four years of the start of the first World War. Seymour's age is never given, but his thoughts are those of a young man. He's still reflecting on his career choice, and his grandfather is still living. He tells another character that his grandfather immigrated in the early 1850s and that he and his father were both born in England. Later in the book, something reminds him of the Ripper case he had been assigned to a few years earlier. Jack the Ripper was active in 1888, so Seymour was either working a cold case or he became a policeman and was assigned to a high profile case while still in his teens. The book's immigrant theme seemed timely given the current political conversations in the U.S. Recommended with reservations. ( )