- Mystery fiction, Aurelio Zen (Fictitious character), Police, Fiction
Italian Policeman Aurelio Zen is posted to remote Calabria, at the toe of the Italian boot. Beneath the surface of a tight-knit, traditional community he discovers that violent forces are at work.
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Classical in form, contemporary, plot-driven and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- Michael Dibdin
- First published
- 2007
- Pages
- 432
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, Limited, Vintage, W.F. Howes Ltd.
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780571236176
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