…intones the BBC host introducing a drama based on a Michael Dibdin novel, "where the cars are fast and the lunches are slow…and women walk on cobblestone streets wearing stiletto heels and tight skirts…." And, it might be noted, the police are corrupt and the trains run late.
Well, I'm a little old for fast cars, but otherwise…
Didbin's protagonist, Venetian detective Aurelio Zen is, moreover, a master of work avoidance, making the first novel in Didbin's Zen series, Ratking, a sure bet for our reading list, and the book that happily broke this summer's book drought. Thus encouraged we read on, and expect we will run into the now Vice-Questore Zen again another day.
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Oooh. Sounds good.
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