Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions
Author(s): Mario Giordano
Auntie Poldi can think of no finer place to wait for death than Sicily. All she asks is a sea view, fine wine (and plenty of it), and her family close around. When death instead takes her handsome young friend Valentino - and under mysterious circumstances at that - Poldi will not take it lying down. Perhaps it's in her blood (her father was a detective chief inspector); perhaps it's a diverting excuse to spend more time with men in uniform; or perhaps it's just the promise she makes to Valentino while holding his poor dead hand. But Auntie Poldi's hunting instincts have never felt more alive. Justice must be served - if it's the last thing she does ...
General Information
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- : Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- : John Murray Publishers Ltd
- : 0.356
- : 01 January 2017
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 March 2017
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Mario Giordano
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : 336
More About The Product
Mario Giordano - a Bavarian of Sicilian parentage who writes in German - has created a delightful detective and a lively, humorous portrait of Sicilian society and gastronomy The Times, Book of the Month Giordano is a novelist of high skill and originality with an eye for eccentric comedy, idiosyncratic characters and vivid scenes. John Brownjohn's translation is stylish and this book is a masterly treat Times Literary Supplement Wonderfully evocative ... a joyful light read Crime Review The whole book is alive with a tang of lemons to set the senses zinging. Refreshing The Spectator
Mario Giordano, the son of Italian immigrants, was born in Munich in 1963 and studied psychology at the University of Dusseldorf. He writes novels, books for adolescents, and screenplays. He lives in Cologne. Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions is his first crime novel.
