A Long Finish
Author | : Michael Dibdin |
Publisher | : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2009-10-07 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780307557551 |
ISBN-13 | : 0307557553 |
Rating | : 4/5 (51 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: 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.