A Woman Much Missed by Valerio Varesi
Commissario Soneri - Italy's Maigret - returns in his fourth investigation, the most painfully personal yet.
Sinisterly atmospheric, cunningly plotted. . Shot through with lightning flashes of sardonic humour. -- Jackie McGlone * Glasgow Herald. *
Excellent . . . Compellingly reveals an authentic darkness at the heart of modern Italy. -- Ian Thomson * Spectator. *
A master storyteller. -- Barry Forshaw * Independent. *
Varesi's plotting is sound and his pacing good. Where he raises his game from the common crime ruck, however, is in his almost painterly evocation of a wretchedly dark atmosphere and character. He could be the long-lost heir to Caravaggio. -- Rosemary Goring * Glasgow Herald. *
Varesi's talent for evoking place and time draws a politically and socially engaged picture of Italy's past. * C.W.A. Judges' Comments. *
Excellent . . . Compellingly reveals an authentic darkness at the heart of modern Italy. -- Ian Thomson * Spectator. *
A master storyteller. -- Barry Forshaw * Independent. *
Varesi's plotting is sound and his pacing good. Where he raises his game from the common crime ruck, however, is in his almost painterly evocation of a wretchedly dark atmosphere and character. He could be the long-lost heir to Caravaggio. -- Rosemary Goring * Glasgow Herald. *
Varesi's talent for evoking place and time draws a politically and socially engaged picture of Italy's past. * C.W.A. Judges' Comments. *
Valerio Varesi has been the Parma correspondent for La Stampa and La Repubblica. River of Shadows was the first of a series of thrillers featuring Commissario Soneri, now the central figure of one of Italy's most popular television dramas. It was followed in English translation by The Dark Valley, Gold Frankincense and Dust and A Woman Much Missed.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781848666887 |
| ISBN 10 | 1848666888 |
| Title | A Woman Much Missed |
| Author | Valerio Varesi |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Quercus Publishing |
| Year published | 2017-02-09 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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