Portobello - Rilegato

Rendell, Ruth

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ISBN 10: 0385665423 ISBN 13: 9780385665421

Casa editrice: Doubleday of Canada, 2008

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From crime fiction’s reigning queen comes a diabolically intricate tale that weaves together the lives of very different people in the vibrant part of London known as Portobello.

Fifty-year-old Eugene Wren inherited from his father an art gallery near an arcade that now sells cashmere, handmade soaps, and children’s clothing. But he decided to move to a more upmarket site. Eugene was, perhaps, too secretive for his own good. He also had an addictive personality. But he had cut back radically on his alcohol consumption, and had given up cigarettes. Which was just as well, considering he was dating a doctor. For all his good intentions, though, there was something he didn’t want her to know.

One day, Eugene comes across an envelope containing a sum of money. Rather than report the matter to the police, he writes a note and sticks it up on a lamppost near his house. This note would link a number of very different people–each with their own obsessions, problems, dreams, and despairs. And through it all the hectic life of Portobello bustles on.

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Recensione:

“Rendell is one of the greatest novelists of our age.” — The Globe and Mail

“Superb.... Portobello is as brilliant as anything Rendell has ever written.”
— Evening Standard

“Rendell has a Dickensian empathy, informed by a prodigious love of London life. Her account, bursting with colour an and vitality, is a treat to read.”
— Independent (UK)

“The suspense builds and the mistress of the misbegotten never loses her grasp on the story.”
— The Globe and Mail

L'autore:

Ruth Rendell has been awarded three Edgars for best novel by the Mystery Writers of America, as well as the Grand Master Award. In England, the Crime Writers’ Association has honoured her with two Gold Dagger Awards for best novel, a Silver Dagger, and a Diamond Dagger for outstanding contribution to the genre. In 1996 she was awarded the CBE and in 1997 became a Life Peer.

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