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Scherzo: Murder And Mystery In 18th Century Venice (2013)

by Jim Williams(Favorite Author)

3.15 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1908943319 (ISBN13: 9781908943316)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Marble City Publishing

review 1: This book was good enough to keep my interest but I don't know if I would read anything else by this author. The writing was difficult to follow with so many random foreign language phrases. I resorted to looking some up online to be able to follow the story. Characters showed up and then randomly disappeared and the dialogue was very wordy at times. The premise and basic story were good enough that I wished he had just stuck with that and told the story.
review 2: This is essentially a murder mystery, set in 18th century Venice, told by several narrators, but mainly a young castrato opera singer who is involved with solving the murder. Despite what this might sound like, this story isn't exactly action-packed. There are lots of subplots, dead ends and asides (... moreCasanova makes an appearence) and nothing is quite what it seems. What makes this book compelling is the writing which is truly superb. Not exactly beautiful, but very clever, very elegant and witty. A great read! less

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