A Long Finish: An Aurelio Zen Mystery Contributor(s): Dibdin, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 0375704019 ISBN-13: 9780375704017 Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $16.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2000 Annotation: From the award-winning author of Ratking and Dead Lagoon comes a delicious new Aurelio Zen mystery in which wine and truffles figure as prominently as greed and vengence. When the son of a Piedmontese wine-making family is jailed for killing his father, Aurelio Zen is ordered to secure his release. The reason: A certain well-connected wine connoisseur wants to make sure that this year's vintage goes to harvest. In the hill town of Alba, Zen finds himself in the midst of a traditional culture in which family and soil are inextricablt linked, bombarded with gossip, and stalked by a mysterious telephone caller with tantalizing clues to his past. He also discovers that certain meals may really be to die for. A Long Finish is Michael Dibdin at his most elegant and surprising. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural - Fiction | Crime |
Dewey: FIC |
Series: Aurelio Zen Mystery |
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.23" W x 8.01" (0.45 lbs) 272 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy |
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Publisher Description: From the award-winning author of Ratking and Dead Lagoon comes a delicious new Aurelio Zen mystery in which wine and truffles figure as prominently as greed and vengence. When the son of a Piedmontese wine-making family is jailed for killing his father, Aurelio Zen is ordered to secure his release. The reason: A certain well-connected wine connoisseur wants to make sure that this year's vintage goes to harvest. In the hill town of Alba, Zen finds himself in the midst of a traditional culture in which family and soil are inextricablt linked, bombarded with gossip, and stalked by a mysterious telephone caller with tantalizing clues to his past. He also discovers that certain meals may really be to die for. A Long Finish is Michael Dibdin at his most elegant and surprising. |