About Face: Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery (The

About Face: Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, 18)

Donna Leonâ‚¬â„¢s eighteen novels have won her countless fans, heaps of critical acclaim, and a place among the top ranks of international crime writers. Through the warm-hearted, perceptive, and principled Commissario Guido Brunetti, Leonâ‚¬â„¢s best-selling books have explored Venice in all its aspects: history, tourism, high culture, food, family, but also violent crime and political corruption.In About Face, Leon returns to one of her signature subjects: the environment, which has reached a crisis in Italy. Incinerators across the south of Italy are at full capacity, burning who-knows-what and releasing unacceptable levels of dangerous air pollutants, while in Naples, enormous garbage piles grow in the streets. In Venice, with the polluted waters of the canals and a major chemical complex across the lagoon, the issue is never far from the fore.Environmental concerns become significant in Brunettiâ‚¬â„¢s work when an investigator from the Carabiniere, looking int
Country USA
Brand Atlantic Monthly Press
Manufacturer Atlantic Monthly Press
Binding Hardcover
UnitCount 1
Format Deckle Edge
EANs 9780802118967
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

About Face: Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, 18)