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Acqua Alta by Donna Leon (2004, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100142004960

ISBN-139780142004968

eBay Product ID (ePID)150557369

Product Key Features

Book TitleAcqua Alta

Number of Pages416 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMystery & Detective / Police Procedural, Thrillers / Suspense, Mystery & Detective / General

Publication Year2004

GenreFiction

AuthorDonna Leon

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight7.2 Oz

Item Length6.9 in

Item Width4.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

ReviewsAn evocative peep into the dark underworld of the beauteous city. (Time Out) Leon’s books shimmer in the grace of their setting and are warmed by the charm of their characters. (The New York Times Book Review), Leon’s books shimmer in the grace of their setting and are warmed by the charm of their characters. (The New York Times Book Review), Leon's books shimmer in the grace of their setting and are warmed by the charm of their characters. ( The New York Times Book Review )

Dewey Edition23

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

Dewey Decimal813.54

Grade ToUP

SynopsisSo - 'tis the season to be jolly is it? Well, not in the household of the Grumpy Old Man it isn't. In the case of the GOM, 'tis the season to have to put up with even deeper layers of vexation than usual, and the only thing worth celebrating is that it looks as though you might after all be surviving to the end of what has been another crap year.Everything about Christmas gets up our snitches. Everything. From the breakfast telly presenters who tell us it's now just 120 shopping days to go, to the annual festive strike by airport baggage handlers. From office parties where drunken juniors have waited the whole year to tell you what 'the trouble with you is...', to parents videoing their precocious brats at the atrocious school nativity play where your kid is playing the part of the donkey's rear end. From the woman next door who drops in to show your wife the diamond ring her prat of a husband has bought her, to the 150th opportunity to see 'Whistle Down the Wind' on the telly.And speaking of wind, there's the festive Xmas turkey that tastes like blotting paper soaked in a puddle and sends your digestive system to hell. And how on earth are we really supposed to look happy when someone buys us a tie with a picture of xxxxing Santa on it? Eh?