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Beastly Things (2012)

by Donna Leon(Favorite Author)

3.8 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0802120237 (ISBN13: 9780802120236)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Atlantic Monthly Press

series

Commissario Brunetti

review 1: Donna Leon's 21st episode from the Brunetti series - and there's a definite extra bite to this tale of Italian 21st century corruption, double-dealing & murder. Finally, the gloves are off; & Leon pulls no punches as she goes for the chin of Italy's dying democracy. She is very critical of the meat industry, where wily farmers & greedy slaughter-house owners connive to supply the public with contaminated meat from diseased animals - an apt analogy for the modern Italian state? Oh, and Leon actually mentions 'f*cking'...there's a first! Great read!
review 2: I love Donna Leon descriptive evocative prose about Venice. When Brunetti talks about the food and drink, you can almost taste it, this was sadly lacking in this book and so took away the atmosphere that mak... morees you feel you are in Venice with the characters. This seemed to be more of a book about the authors personal views into the meat industry and political corruption. The story was good as usual but fell short of her previous books less

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