Maxim Jakubowski

Venice Noir (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Venice, Italy, behind the tourist veil is revealed and dissected.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Akashic Books, Ltd.
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781617751189
• Artikelnr.: 37963385

Autorenporträt

Maxim Jakubowski is a British writer and editor who has lived in Italy and returns there annually. He co-edited ROME NOIR, with Chiara Stangalino, and has also assembled London and Paris volumes for other publishers. His new novel Ekaterina and the Night is partly set in Venice and his non-fiction book of essays about the real cities of crime fiction Following the Detectives has been shortlisted for the MacAvity Award. He lives in London when not travelling the world.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Introduction Part I: Amongst the Venetians  
"Cloudy Water" by Matteo Righetto (Cannaregio)
"The Comedy Is Over" by Francesco Ferracin (Calcavia)
"Commissario Clelia Vinci" by Barbara Baraldi (Mestre)
"Little Sister" by Francesca Mazzucato (Ghetto Vecchio) Part II: Shadows of the Past
"Lido Winter" by Maxim Jakubowski (Lido)
"Pantegana" by Michelle Lovric (Santa Stefano)
"Desdemona Undicesima" by Isabella Santacroce (Piazza San Marco) Part III: Tourists & Other Troubled Folk
"Venice Aphrodisiac" by Peter James (Canal Grande)
"Drifter" by Emily St. John Mandel (Ponte dei Sospiri)
"Rendezvous" by Tony Cartano (Calle Larga XXII Marzo)
"Signor Gauke's Tongue" by Mike Hodges (Palazzo Ducale) Part IV: An Imperfect Present
"Tourists for Supper" by Maria Tronca (Santa Maria Formosa)
"Laguna Blues" by Michael Gregorio (Porto Marghera)
"A Closed Book" by Mary Hoffman (Rialto Bridge)