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| Title | : | Friends in High Places (Commissario Brunetti #9) |
| Author | : | Donna Leon |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 326 pages |
| Published | : | March 2001 by Arrow Books (first published 2000) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Crime. Cultural. Italy. Fiction |
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Paperback | Pages: 326 pages Rating: 3.89 | 5776 Users | 395 Reviews
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When Commissario Guido Brunetti is visited by a young bureaucrat investigating the lack of official approval for the building of his apartment years earlier, his first reaction, like any other Venetian, is to think of whom he knows who might bring pressure to bear on the relevant government department. But when the bureaucrat rings Brunetti at work, clearly scared, and is then found dead after a fall from scaffolding, something is obviously going on that has implications greater than the fate of Brunetti's apartment ...Be Specific About Books In Favor Of Friends in High Places (Commissario Brunetti #9)
| Original Title: | Friends in High Places (Commissario Brunetti, #9) |
| ISBN: | 0099269325 (ISBN13: 9780099269328) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Commissario Brunetti #9 |
| Setting: | Venice(Italy) |
| Literary Awards: | The Macallan Silver Dagger for Fiction (2000) |
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I really like the Commissario Brunetti series, but this one felt much colder than the others I've read. The children hardly appear, and the relationship between Guido and Paola, which is usually presented with great warmth and humor, is barely mentioned. And the end is disappointing. He usually finds some way to get to all the evildoers, but that doesn't happen here.This ain't Agatha Christie, and it isn't trying to be. Brunetti isn't Popeye Doyle or Columbo. It's trying to be an enjoyable set of mysteries set in Venice, and as such this is 4*I've been to Venice, I love her, and I'm going again. So this series STARTS at 2*As in the other two I've read so far, Brunetti's a competent cop who has figured out how to operate in the complex and corrupt systems of Italy and Venice. He's a decent man but understands that he's not in a world where you can play it by
I enjoy spending time with Brunetti and his wife but this installment was made full by a rather pedestrian plot. Corruption in Italy? With regards to building permits? Double yawn.
I bought this one in Dutch in a bookshop in the Netherlands. Didn't realise the author is American and that the original language is English. I really liked it as I have been to Venice myself and Donna Leon does a good job describing the atmosphere. I'm going to start reading the rest of this series in English.
Commissario Guido Brunetti, of the Venice police, links two crimes in a gripping twist at the end of this mystery. Signorina Elletra, his trusty (and fashionably trendy) researcher (and his slimy boss Patta's secretary), fearlessly assists Brunetti as she has in past cases. I especially enjoy learning about the intricacies of governmental and political corruption in Italy that Leon smoothly exposes (and about which Brunetti and his strong-willed wife, Paola, endlessly commiserate). Consistently
I read this for a book club; its the 9th in a series of crime novels based on detective Brunetti, and set in Venice. As a fan of crime thrillers I looked forward to reading a Venetian one, but alas I was disappointed. I found the characters undeveloped and the plot rather weak and meandering, with dead ends and unresolved crimes . It didnt really evoke much of a sense of Venice for me either, apart from the underlying corruption of the local government and links with various criminals. Brunetti
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