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"A smart, modern mystery" (Justine Carbery Independent)
"A novel for our times" (Irish News)
"Brims with exuberant inventiveness" (Terry Eagleton Times Literary Supplement)
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"A smart, modern mystery" (Justine Carbery Independent)
"A novel for our times" (Irish News)
"Brims with exuberant inventiveness" (Terry Eagleton Times Literary Supplement)
"Combines farce and conspiracy thriller while retaining the author’s familiar sense of detachment" (Anthony Cummins Guardian)
The gripping new conspiracy thriller by the internationally bestselling author of The Name of the Rose
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- EditoreHarvill Secker
- Data di pubblicazione2015
- ISBN 10 1910701092
- ISBN 13 9781910701096
- RilegaturaCopertina flessibile
- Numero edizione1
- Numero di pagine208
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Descrizione libro Condizione: New. Idioma/Language: Inglés. This gripping conspiracy thriller by the author of THE NAME OF THE ROSE is already a number one bestseller in Italy. At Lake Como in 1945, Mussolini is captured by partisans and shot. Decades later, the details of Il Duce's death remain shrouded in controversy. Fuelled by media hoaxes and gossip, NUMERO ZERO unearths the cynical forces that have shaped Italy since the last days of World War II. *** Nota: Los envíos a España peninsular, Baleares y Canarias se realizan a través de mensajería urgente. No aceptamos pedidos con destino a Ceuta y Melilla. Codice articolo 12827559
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