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| Original Title: | Wilful Behaviour |
| ISBN: | 0099415186 (ISBN13: 9780099415183) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Commissario Brunetti #11 |
| Setting: | Venice(Italy) |
| Literary Awards: | Corine Internationaler Buchpreis for Belletristik (2003) |
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From the acclaimed author of The Waters of Eternal Youth, Commissario Guido Brunetti dredges up dark secrets from Italy's anti-Semitic past in his captivating eleventh case.Mystery lovers everywhere are addicted to Donna Leon's ever-honorable Commissario Guido Brunetti and her portrayal of Venice's beautiful but sinister byways and canals. In Willful Behavior, Brunetti is approached for a favor by one of his wife's students. Intelligent and serious , Claudia Leonardo asks for his help in obtaining a pardon for a crime once committed by her now-dead grandfather. Brunetti thinks little of it-until Claudia is found dead. Soon, another corpse and an extraordinary art collection lead Brunetti to long-buried secrets of Nazi collaboration and the exploitation of Italian Jews-secrets few in Italy want revealed.
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| Title | : | Wilful Behaviour (Commissario Brunetti #11) |
| Author | : | Donna Leon |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 349 pages |
| Published | : | March 6th 2003 by Arrow (first published 2002) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Crime. Cultural. Italy |
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Ratings: 3.92 From 4996 Users | 408 ReviewsWrite-Up About Books Wilful Behaviour (Commissario Brunetti #11)
I found a new author! That is always a delightful time when you try a book by a writer you may be dimly aware of and find a really good book inside those covers. In this case Donna Leon, an American who has lived in Venice for many years and written 20-some mysteries featuring Detective "Commissario" Guido Brunetti and the marvelous city Venice, where everything is political and the usual enemy is the bureaucracy. In this case, the story centers around Italy's dark wartime, a period that few
One of the better one of the series (although I like them all). As always the crime story is not the most interesting part about this book and like most of them the actual solving of the crime is a bit banal. It's the insight into Italy, it's culture, changing life style, politics and "system" which is fascinating. When I read these books, the paradoxical, frustrating and then again, enchanting, Italian-way-of-life/survival makes me shake my head continuously and go "What, how can you live with
Commissario Brunetti's wife Paola is approached by one of her students with a question - is there a way for someone convicted of a crime to get a posthumous pardon? She speaks to Brunetti and admits it is about her grandfather, and he voices his opinion that he does not believe a pardon is possible. But later she is found stabbed to death in her apartment, and Brunetti's investigation into her grandfather uncovers a tale of Nazi collaboration and acquisition of art from desperate German Jews
I have really been enjoying this series featuring Commisario Guido Brunetti, set in modern day Venice. The characters are great and the sense of place is wonderful. I was disappointed in the last one (#10) because the sub plot threw a monkey wrench into the relationship between Guido and his wife. Which upset me. I do tend to get over-involved wth the characters in books. However in this one (#11), every thing is back to normal in the Brunetti household and I could go back to enjoying the story.
Always a delight to read a book by Donna Leon.
Yes, it's a mystery novel, but Leon's books are so much more. Reflections on life, man's inhumanity to man, how the past never goes away, fascism, anti-Semitism, and more, swirl around the story in a most thought-engaging way. Another winner from this author.Commissario Brunetti is introduced to a young student of his wife's, who asks if he can help obtain a pardon for her deceased grandfather. To say that man had a shady reputation is being kind, but suddenly young Claudia is murdered, and it
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