Rat King [Aurelio Zen 1]
by Dibdin. Michael
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- VG-/VG+
- Seller
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Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
London: Faber & Faber, 1988 VG-/VG+. 8vo. original black boards (ex-library with labels, RSMs etc. to outer leaves only, a little rubbed & bumped, slightly toned & marked, spine a trifle canted) in dustwrapper priced £10.95 net (a little rubbed & nicked); pp. [vi (last blank)], 282. A good copy of the true first edition in a clean jacket. Flatsigned by the author, 'Michael Dibdin' to title page taken from a paperback edition, loosely enclosed (ex-libris Colin Steele, though not marked as such). The first novel in the Aurelio Zen Venice-based detective series.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. VG-/VG+.
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 #
- 029872
- Title
- Rat King [Aurelio Zen 1]
- Author
- Dibdin. Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-
- Jacket Condition
- VG+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Miichael Dibdin Rat King Aurelio Zen Venice Italy Detective Crime Mystery
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