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Item specifics
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller Notes
- “Very good, signed First Edition.”
- Type
- Novel
- Signed By
- Donna Leon
- Signed
- Yes
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Personalized
- No
- Inscribed
- No
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN
- 9780802122643
- Book Title
- By Its Cover : a Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- GROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled, Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, Crime
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 16.9 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 237 Pages
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Product Information
Donna Leon's critically acclaimed, internationally bestselling Commissario Guido Brunetti series has attracted readers the world over with the beauty of its setting, the humanity of its characters, and its fearlessness in exploring politics, morality, and contemporary Italian culture. In the pages of Leon's novels, the beloved conversations of the Brunetti family have drawn on topics of art and literature, but books are at the heart of this novel in a way they never have been before. One afternoon, Commissario Guido Brunetti gets a frantic call from the director of a prestigious Venetian library. Someone has stolen pages out of several rare books. After a round of questioning, the case seems clear: the culprit must be the man who requested the volumes, an American professor from a Kansas university. The only problem--the man fled the library earlier that day, and after checking his credentials, the American professor doesn't exist. As the investigation proceeds, the suspects multiply. And when a seemingly harmless theologian, who had spent years reading at the library turns up brutally murdered, Brunetti must question his expectations about what makes a man innocent, or guilty.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
GROVE/Atlantic, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0802122647
ISBN-13
9780802122643
eBay Product ID (ePID)
171783044
Product Key Features
Book Title
By Its Cover : a Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Mystery & Detective / Hard-Boiled, Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural, Crime
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
237 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
16.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Series Volume Number
23
Lc Classification Number
Ps3562.E534b9 2014b
Reviews
A Seattle Times Best Mystery and Crime Novel of the Year With its loudly reverberating echoes of the recent real-life thefts from the Girolamini Library in Naples, By its Cover will both delight and strike fear into bibliophiles' hearts. . . . Leon offers a finely drawn tale that encompasses theft, blackmail, emotional violence, and murder, as well as a rich array of characters . . . [and] compellingly combines their workaday crime-solving with a detailed picture of a vanishing Venice."— Boston Globe Fans will rejoice that staples of the Brunetti canon—including conversations with his smart wife and frequent breaks for food and coffee—are very much in evidence."— Seattle Times Donna Leon's books . . . are routinely some of the finest mystery novels to come out of Europe (or anywhere else, for that matter). Her latest, By its Cover , will do nothing but burnish that reputation."— BookPage One of her best in a long line of super efforts. . . . Brunetti's wry internal observations and musings about everything from his superiors to his family are reason enough to come to the feast."—Bookreporter Think of Leon's latest Guido Brunetti novel as a love letter to her fans. . . . This will likely be one of his most-loved adventures."— Booklist (starred review) This character-driven novel looks at the ravages of rare book theft on libraries, and, more broadly, the destructive effects of contemporary greed . . . on cultural heritage. [A] skillful evocation of the city's charms, culture, and history."— Publishers Weekly Brunetti and Venice and books—there's a totally delectable combination! . . . Truly a must-read for Brunetti fans."—I Love a Mystery Donna Leon is one of the more unusual and satisfying writers of crime fiction in the current pantheon. . . . Brunetti is exceptional among detectives. . . . . Not since Simenon's Maigret have we seen a detective so devoted to the reality and complexity of everyday life."— Sydney Morning Herald, A Seattle Times Best Mystery and Crime Novel of the Year "With its loudly reverberating echoes of the recent real-life thefts from the Girolamini Library in Naples, By its Cover will both delight and strike fear into bibliophiles' hearts. . . . Leon offers a finely drawn tale that encompasses theft, blackmail, emotional violence, and murder, as well as a rich array of characters . . . [and] compellingly combines their workaday crime-solving with a detailed picture of a vanishing Venice."-- Boston Globe "Fans will rejoice that staples of the Brunetti canon--including conversations with his smart wife and frequent breaks for food and coffee--are very much in evidence."-- Seattle Times "Donna Leon's books . . . are routinely some of the finest mystery novels to come out of Europe (or anywhere else, for that matter). Her latest, By its Cover , will do nothing but burnish that reputation."-- BookPage "One of her best in a long line of super efforts. . . . Brunetti's wry internal observations and musings about everything from his superiors to his family are reason enough to come to the feast."--Bookreporter "Think of Leon's latest Guido Brunetti novel as a love letter to her fans. . . . This will likely be one of his most-loved adventures."-- Booklist (starred review) "This character-driven novel looks at the ravages of rare book theft on libraries, and, more broadly, the destructive effects of contemporary greed . . . on cultural heritage. [A] skillful evocation of the city's charms, culture, and history."-- Publishers Weekly "Brunetti and Venice and books--there's a totally delectable combination! . . . Truly a must-read for Brunetti fans."--I Love a Mystery "Donna Leon is one of the more unusual and satisfying writers of crime fiction in the current pantheon. . . . Brunetti is exceptional among detectives. . . . . Not since Simenon's Maigret have we seen a detective so devoted to the reality and complexity of everyday life."-- Sydney Morning Herald, With its loudly reverberating echoes of the recent real-life thefts from the Girolamini Library in Naples, By its Cover will both delight and strike fear into bibliophiles' hearts. . . . Leon offers a finely drawn tale that encompasses theft, blackmail, emotional violence, and murder, as well as a rich array of characters . . . [and] compellingly combines their workaday crime-solving with a detailed picture of a vanishing Venice."— Boston Globe Donna Leon's books . . . are routinely some of the finest mystery novels to come out of Europe (or anywhere else, for that matter). Her latest, By its Cover , will do nothing but burnish that reputation."-- BookPage One of her best in a long line of super efforts. . . . Brunetti's wry internal observations and musings about everything from his superiors to his family are reason enough to come to the feast."--Bookreporter Think of Leon's latest Guido Brunetti novel as a love letter to her fans. . . . This will likely be one of his most-loved adventures."— Booklist (starred review) This character-driven novel looks at the ravages of rare book theft on libraries, and, more broadly, the destructive effects of contemporary greed . . . on cultural heritage. [A] skillful evocation of the city's charms, culture, and history."— Publishers Weekly, With its loudly reverberating echoes of the recent real-life thefts from the Girolamini Library in Naples, By its Cover will both delight and strike fear into bibliophiles' hearts. . . . Leon offers a finely drawn tale that encompasses theft, blackmail, emotional violence, and murder, as well as a rich array of characters . . . [and] compellingly combines their workaday crime-solving with a detailed picture of a vanishing Venice."-- Boston Globe Think of Leon's latest Guido Brunetti novel as a love letter to her fans. . . . This will likely be one of his most-loved adventures."— Booklist (starred review) This character-driven novel looks at the ravages of rare book theft on libraries, and, more broadly, the destructive effects of contemporary greed . . . on cultural heritage. [A] skillful evocation of the city's charms, culture, and history."— Publishers Weekly, With its loudly reverberating echoes of the recent real-life thefts from the Girolamini Library in Naples, By its Cover will both delight and strike fear into bibliophiles' hearts. . . . Leon offers a finely drawn tale that encompasses theft, blackmail, emotional violence, and murder, as well as a rich array of characters . . . [and] compellingly combines their workaday crime-solving with a detailed picture of a vanishing Venice."— Boston Globe Fans will rejoice that staples of the Brunetti canon—including conversations with his smart wife and frequent breaks for food and coffee—are very much in evidence."— Seattle Times Donna Leon's books . . . are routinely some of the finest mystery novels to come out of Europe (or anywhere else, for that matter). Her latest, By its Cover , will do nothing but burnish that reputation."— BookPage One of her best in a long line of super efforts. . . . Brunetti's wry internal observations and musings about everything from his superiors to his family are reason enough to come to the feast."—Bookreporter Think of Leon's latest Guido Brunetti novel as a love letter to her fans. . . . This will likely be one of his most-loved adventures."— Booklist (starred review) This character-driven novel looks at the ravages of rare book theft on libraries, and, more broadly, the destructive effects of contemporary greed . . . on cultural heritage. [A] skillful evocation of the city's charms, culture, and history."— Publishers Weekly Brunetti and Venice and books--there's a totally delectable combination! . . . Truly a must-read for Brunetti fans."--I Love a Mystery, Think of Leon's latest Guido Brunetti novel as a love letter to her fans. . . . This will likely be one of his most-loved adventures."— Booklist (starred review) This character-driven novel looks at the ravages of rare book theft on libraries, and, more broadly, the destructive effects of contemporary greed . . . on cultural heritage. [A] skillful evocation of the city's charms, culture, and history."-- Publishers Weekly, With its loudly reverberating echoes of the recent real-life thefts from the Girolamini Library in Naples, By its Cover will both delight and strike fear into bibliophiles' hearts. . . . Leon offers a finely drawn tale that encompasses theft, blackmail, emotional violence, and murder, as well as a rich array of characters . . . [and] compellingly combines their workaday crime-solving with a detailed picture of a vanishing Venice."— Boston Globe Fans will rejoice that staples of the Brunetti canon--including conversations with his smart wife and frequent breaks for food and coffee--are very much in evidence."-- Seattle Times Donna Leon's books . . . are routinely some of the finest mystery novels to come out of Europe (or anywhere else, for that matter). Her latest, By its Cover , will do nothing but burnish that reputation."— BookPage One of her best in a long line of super efforts. . . . Brunetti's wry internal observations and musings about everything from his superiors to his family are reason enough to come to the feast."—Bookreporter Think of Leon's latest Guido Brunetti novel as a love letter to her fans. . . . This will likely be one of his most-loved adventures."— Booklist (starred review) This character-driven novel looks at the ravages of rare book theft on libraries, and, more broadly, the destructive effects of contemporary greed . . . on cultural heritage. [A] skillful evocation of the city's charms, culture, and history."— Publishers Weekly, With its loudly reverberating echoes of the recent real-life thefts from the Girolamini Library in Naples, By its Cover will both delight and strike fear into bibliophiles' hearts. . . . Leon offers a finely drawn tale that encompasses theft, blackmail, emotional violence, and murder, as well as a rich array of characters . . . [and] compellingly combines their workaday crime-solving with a detailed picture of a vanishing Venice."— Boston Globe Fans will rejoice that staples of the Brunetti canon—including conversations with his smart wife and frequent breaks for food and coffee—are very much in evidence."— Seattle Times Donna Leon's books . . . are routinely some of the finest mystery novels to come out of Europe (or anywhere else, for that matter). Her latest, By its Cover , will do nothing but burnish that reputation."— BookPage One of her best in a long line of super efforts. . . . Brunetti's wry internal observations and musings about everything from his superiors to his family are reason enough to come to the feast."—Bookreporter Think of Leon's latest Guido Brunetti novel as a love letter to her fans. . . . This will likely be one of his most-loved adventures."— Booklist (starred review) This character-driven novel looks at the ravages of rare book theft on libraries, and, more broadly, the destructive effects of contemporary greed . . . on cultural heritage. [A] skillful evocation of the city's charms, culture, and history."— Publishers Weekly Brunetti and Venice and books—there's a totally delectable combination! . . . Truly a must-read for Brunetti fans."—I Love a Mystery Donna Leon is one of the more unusual and satisfying writers of crime fiction in the current pantheon. . . . Brunetti is exceptional among detectives. . . . . Not since Simenon's Maigret have we seen a detective so devoted to the reality and complexity of everyday life."-- Sydney Morning Herald, Think of Leon's latest Guido Brunetti novel as a love letter to her fans. . . . This will likely be one of his most-loved adventures."-- Booklist (starred review), A Seattle Times Best Mystery and Crime Novel of the Year "Inspired by the real-life looting of the Girolamini Library in Naples, this book adds to Donna Leon's best-selling Commissario Guido Brunetti series . . . Leon's description of the setting is vivid. And she doesn't shy away from politics, either, with her passion for preserving national institutions such as the library shining through."-- New York Times "With its loudly reverberating echoes of the recent real-life thefts from the Girolamini Library in Naples, By its Cover will both delight and strike fear into bibliophiles' hearts. . . . Leon offers a finely drawn tale that encompasses theft, blackmail, emotional violence, and murder, as well as a rich array of characters . . . [and] compellingly combines their workaday crime-solving with a detailed picture of a vanishing Venice."-- Boston Globe "Fans will rejoice that staples of the Brunetti canon--including conversations with his smart wife and frequent breaks for food and coffee--are very much in evidence."-- Seattle Times "Donna Leon's books . . . are routinely some of the finest mystery novels to come out of Europe (or anywhere else, for that matter). Her latest, By its Cover , will do nothing but burnish that reputation."-- BookPage "One of her best in a long line of super efforts. . . . Brunetti's wry internal observations and musings about everything from his superiors to his family are reason enough to come to the feast."--Bookreporter "Think of Leon's latest Guido Brunetti novel as a love letter to her fans. . . . This will likely be one of his most-loved adventures."-- Booklist (starred review) "This character-driven novel looks at the ravages of rare book theft on libraries, and, more broadly, the destructive effects of contemporary greed . . . on cultural heritage. [A] skillful evocation of the city's charms, culture, and history."-- Publishers Weekly "Brunetti and Venice and books--there's a totally delectable combination! . . . Truly a must-read for Brunetti fans."--I Love a Mystery "Donna Leon is one of the more unusual and satisfying writers of crime fiction in the current pantheon. . . . Brunetti is exceptional among detectives. . . . . Not since Simenon's Maigret have we seen a detective so devoted to the reality and complexity of everyday life."-- Sydney Morning Herald
Copyright Date
2014
Lccn
2015-296668
Dewey Decimal
813/.54
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries Ser.
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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