Rat King [Aurelio Zen 1]
by Dibdin. Michael
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- F/F-
- ISBN 10
- 055305337X
- ISBN 13
- 9780553053371
- Seller
-
Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
New York: Bantam Books, 1989 F/F-. 8vo. original black cloth backed boards (a trifle rubbed) in dustwrapper priced $15.95 net (a trifle rubbed & nicked); pp. [vi (last blank)], 266. A near fine copy. Flatsigned to title page by the author, 'Michael Dibdin'. Ex-libris Colin Steele, though not marked as such, with his photocopy from a bookseller's catalogue, loosely enclosed. The first novel in the Aurelio Zen Venice-based detective series.. Signed by Author. First US. Hard Cover. F/F-.
Synopsis
Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen has crossed swords with the establishment before - and lost. But from the depths of a mundane desk job in Rome he is unexpectedly transferred to Perugia to take over an explosive kidnapping case involving one of Italy's most powerful families.
Reviews
On Aug 17 2011, Daniel_Baumgartner said:
This book was complicated but fun, a sort of Borgia family saga, but I had a problem in the beginning trying to keep Italian names straight, like the spaghetti aisle at the grocery store, so I made a list of all parties! The Aurelio Zen series has been produced for PBS and Ratking and one other book in the series were liberally cribbed and totally plot changed. Once I got over the idea that the TV production bore little resemblance to the book, I enjoyed it for what it was. I hear Michael Dibdin is not loved in Italy his sometimes scathing portrayals of Italian political and police life, and justly so. But that isn't his fault!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mount of Alex - Arapiles Mountain Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 029873
- Title
- Rat King [Aurelio Zen 1]
- Author
- Dibdin. Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - F
- Jacket Condition
- F-
- Edition
- First US
- ISBN 10
- 055305337X
- ISBN 13
- 9780553053371
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- Miichael Dibdin Rat King Aurelio Zen Venice Italy Detective Crime Mystery
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About the Seller
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