- Paperback: 512 pages
- Publisher: Faber and Faber (Feb 17 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0571270859
- ISBN-13: 978-0571270859
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.6 x 3.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 322 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #69,087 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining,
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This review is from: Dead Lagoon (Aurelio Zen 04) (Paperback)
Michael Dibdin studied here in my town. This lead to reading his And Then You Die-which I found in a used bookstore. I must say I struggled with this book.This is much more of a page turner with a protagonist who has his share of faults. The ending, well saying anything may be giving it away. Too life like. The descriptions of Venice are reminiscent and there is a great bit of history attached. It's worth following up on things like the isle of the dead. Of course there is always the food and drink.
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A Tough One,
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This review is from: Dead Lagoon (Aurelio Zen 04) (Paperback)
I'm slowly reading all the Dibdin mysteries, Dead Lagoon is number 4 and is the hardest read of the lot. I had trouble staying connnected with the characters and somehow Dibdin's natural sense of humour seems lost in this one. I enjoyed the setting, I feel like I've been to Venice, but as for the rest ... tough book with an ending that wasn't enough of a reward for the effort it took to get there.
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Zen in Venice,
By Lynn Harnett - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Dead Lagoon (Hardcover)
Dibdin's Italian police detective Aurelio Zen visits his old hometown of Venice on a purely personal and pecuniary quest.Needing money, Zen has agreed to search for the body - dead or alive - of a vanished American millionaire whose estate cannot be settled while his whereabouts are in doubt. Since this sort of side job is illegal, Zen reviews the Venice docket for a case that might give him cover. If his colleagues think it peculiar that he has been sent from Rome to investigate the "haunting" of a dotty old lady - contessa or not - they are relieved to have it off their shoulders. Zen pursues his disparate cases in between revisiting the haunts of his childhood, now hopelessly transformed, and kindling a new, possibly dangerous flame. This is a dark, richly textured and densely atmospheric novel, steeped in the beauty of history and architecture and the corruption of Italian politics. Events are more inevitable than suspenseful and Zen, solving each of his mysteries in turn, is a hero to no one, including himself.
4.0 out of 5 stars
many a twist till you get to the end,
By ian - Published on Amazon.com
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set around venice full of twists and turns this detective story is very unusual a good length and makes for an easy read
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