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The Marshal and the Madwoman (Paperback)

by Magdalen Nabb (Author)

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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Soho Crime (Oct 1 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1569473404
ISBN-13: 978-1569473405
Product Dimensions: 18.8 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm
Shipping Weight: 182 g

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

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As in the previous entries in Nabb's Florentine series, the mystery here is incidental to the story of people infused with life by the sensitive author. The sixth case assigned to Marshal Guarnacci of the Pitti Palace brings him to a working-class community where a former mental patient, Clementina, lies dead after a clumsy attempt to fake her suicide. A poor woman, helped by neighbors, Clementina had nothing worth killing for, and the marshal's questions yield few clues. Although the cold, domineering prosecutor chivvies the marshal as a stupid plodder, Guarnacci traces links to the victim patiently, simultaneously giving attention to everyone who brings their problems to him. Eventually, a conversation with an elderly survivor of the ruinous flood in Florence tells the marshal what he needs to know in order to convict a low type for several felonies. This superb novel rises far above the staples of the genre.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Praise for Magdalen Nabb:

"Every word should be savored."—Washington Post Book World

"The best mystery news in ages is that Soho is restoring to the canon Magdalen Nabb and her tremendous creation, Marshal Guarnaccia of the Italian Police in Florence."—Chicago Tribune

"Exquisite."—The New York Times Book Review

"Nabb continues to extend conventions of the police procedural to suit her own intriguing vision and purpose."—Philadelphia Inquirer

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5.0 out of 5 stars Marshal Guarnaccia and other people's little problems, Feb 21 2004

By	Celia Redmore "Celia Redmore" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The best time to murder someone in Italy is during its brief but sweltering summer, when all the sensible people have left for the coast. Those who are left, like Marshal Salvatore Guarnaccia of the Florence Carabinieri, keep to the margins of life - the shady side of the street and the edges of the day.

It would be easy to dismiss the suicide of a neighborhood "crazy" as just another sad chapter in the life of the urban poor. But Crazy Clementina lives in a close-knit traditional Italian community, which makes sure that the unfortunate neighbor has a daily bowl of soup with bread or enough gas to feed her little stove.

The Marshal and the Madwoman was first published in Britain by Penguin Books in 1988. It's one in a series about the phlegmatic Sicilian investigator, who (to his supervisor's constant irritation) tends to get involved in "other people's little problems". This is a re-issue by Soho Press.

I've read a number of the books in the Soho Crime series and there hasn't been a dud amongst them. The writers are all first-flight: van de Wetering, Lovesey, Qiu, Matsumoto and so on. I can recommend them all.

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