giodano mario translated german john (1 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. Jacket by Alice Marwick (illustratore). 1st Edition. First published in the UK by Bitter Lemon Press, this is first hardback edition, first impression by John Murray, with '1' on copyright page. In 'as new' condition, not price clipped (£14.99), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy, unopened, unread. 329pp. Auntie Poldi can think of no finer place to wait for death than Sicily. All she asks is a sea view, fine wine (and plenty of it), and her family close around. When death instead takes her handsome young friend Valentino, and under mysterious circumstances at that, Poldi will not take it lying down. Perhaps it's in her blood (her father was a detective chief inspector); perhaps it's a diverting excuse to spend more time with men in uniform, or perhaps it's just the promise she makes to Valentino while holding his poor dead hand. But Auntie Poldi's hunting instincts have never felt more alive. Justice must be served, if it's the last thing she does. Mario Giordano, a Bavarian of Sicilian parentage who writes in German, has created a delightful detective and a lively, humorous portrait of Sicilian society and gastronomy. The author's debut novel published in English.