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S'està carregant… Friends in High Places (Brunetti) (2002 original; edició 2001)de Donna Leon
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Friends in High Places is Book #9 in Donna Leon’s Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery series. This is a well-written, well-plotted series where the city of Venice is a main character and the morality (or lack of) and cultural ambiguities of Italian culture take center stage. Commissario Brunetti wrestles daily with the criminality, greed and lack of justice in his beloved city. I am a big fan of the series but I would like to see him ‘win’ once in awhile. ***** Brunetti tiene sus principios, pero siempre está dispuesto a torcerlos un poco para atraer a sus propios amigos en lugares elevados. Cuando el burócrata Rossi comienza a investigar si su departamento en un edificio histórico tiene algún derecho a existir, él y su esposa comienzan a buscar influencia. En ningún momento se le ocurrió, como no se le ocurrió a Paola, abordar el asunto legalmente, averiguar los nombres de los cargos y funcionarios propios y los pasos adecuados a seguir... Los venecianos los ignoraron, sabiendo que la única forma de lidiar con problemas como éste era a través de conocidos, amistades, contactos y deudas acumuladas a lo largo de la vida. Cuando Rosi lo llama a su oficina en busca de ayuda y lo encuentran muerto debajo de un andamio, Brunetti siente la obligación particular de averiguar si se cayó o fue arrojado. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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HTML:"By far the best" in the New York Timesâ??bestselling, Macallan Silver Daggerâ??winning series featuring Venetian detective Commissario Brunetti (Evening Standard). In this vivid and atmospheric mystery, Commissario Brunetti is visited by a young bureaucrat investigating the lack of official approval for the construction of Brunetti's apartment years before. What began as a red tape headache ends in murder when the bureaucrat is later found dead after a mysterious fall from a scaffold. Brunetti starts an investigation that will take him into the unfamiliar and dangerous areas of drug abuse and loan-sharking, and will reveal, once again, what a difference it makes in Venice to have friends in high places. "Beautifully written and immaculately plotted, Friends in High Places is further proof still that Leon can do no wrong." â??Scotsman "Carefully plotted and full of colorful as well as sinister characters, this is crime writing of the highest order: powerful, relevant and all too full of human failings." â??The Guardian "Leon tells the story as if she loves Venice as much as her detective does, warts and all. The plot and subplots unfold elegantly; beauty and the beast march hand in hand, and the result is rich entertainment." â??The Sunday Times (London) "Leon's best so far . . . I don't think I could really understand a crime fan who didn't love Donna Leon." â??Scotland on Sunday "Leon is a skillful plotter . . . Brunetti is a nicely shaded creation, a moral man who is also all too human. Friends in High Places is a splendid read, clever and provoking." â?? No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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This time, he has a moral dilemma himself. Does he really have title to his apartment? And if not, should he pull the strings to regularise his position? While he's mulling things over, the official who gave him the news that his flat might not in fact 'exist', dies in an accident. Or is it murder? Brunetti elects to find out, and discovers more than he bargained for. No spoiler alerts here. Simply this. If you like Italy, if you like Venice, if you enjoy a good and involved thriller with believable characters, read this one. ( )