Vaporetto 13 - Robert Girardi Reviews
Description:ISBN 0340707186 /
Newest Review: ... US landscape with its endless vistas of shopping malls and MacDonalds. All of this angst brings about insomnia. and he prowls ... more
... the deserted streets and piazzas, brooding about events that transpired before the trip. He gets drawn into the labyrinthine city of the lagoon, discovering it represents a map of his own heart - will he survive the revelation?
Mysteries set in Venice , particularly those with an uncanny aspect, will inevitably be measured against the yardstick of Daphne Du Maurier's short story "Don't look now" and its evocative film adaptation by Nic Roeg, and perhaps other Venetian thrillers, such as Ian McEwen's "...more
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This novel by Robert Girardi follows a fish-out-of-water US financial trader as he traverses the backstreets of the mysterious and beautiful Venice, encountering a variety of odd characters along the way, the strangest being the appropriately-named Caterina - 'Signora dei Gatti', or 'Lady of the Cats'. Jack Squire - the protagonist - finds himself perturbed by the surfeit of concentrated beauty in Venice. He longs for the blandness of the US landscape with its endless vistas of shopping malls and MacDonalds. All of this angst brings about insomnia. and he prowls the deserted streets and piazzas, brooding about events that transpired before the trip. He gets ... Read the complete review
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