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Cargando... The Salati case (edición 2009)por Tobias Jones
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. I enjoyed this book very much and was pleased to discover that it's the first in a series to feature the Italian private investigator, Castagnetti ("Casta"). When he's commissioned to find out what happened to the son of a recently deceased woman so that her estate can be probated, there really isn't much doubt about whether or not the son is alive or dead; instead, the author does a nice job of maintaining suspense as Casta untangles the various relationships to determine who is responsible and why and there are some interesting twists leading us to the answer. There are no superfluous characters here, no pointless plot moves, just an intelligent exposition of some familiar themes. ( )
Tobias Jones's lacerating non-fiction exposé The Dark Heart of Italy set out his stall as anatomist of Berlusconi's compromised nation. But does Jones have the novelistic smarts to parley his knowledge into a detective series? His strategy is to drop a very Chandlerian private eye into an unnamed Italian town (readers may pick up on references to the local ham), and weave a labyrinthine plot for the detective, Castagnetti, to tackle. There's a secondary debt to another, less heralded giant of the American private eye novel, Ross Macdonald. Castagnetti is hired by a lawyer working for a dead widow's estate to establish if her missing son is alive in order to settle her legacy (those who know Macdonald's The Galton Case may spot a certain homage). Pertenece a las seriesCastagnetti (1)
Set in the fog of a northern Italian winter, The Salati Case introduces Casta, a private detective with a hard-boiled exterior and a soft centre. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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