The Venetian Game
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The Venetian Game
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Lu par :
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Tim Bruce
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Philip Gwynne Jones
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'An unputdownable thriller' Gregory Dowling
'It is no surprise to find that Philip Gwynne Jones lives in Venice... art and architecture interweave into a story that builds to an almost surreal climax' Daily Mail
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A game of cross and double-cross in Venice, one of the most beautiful cities on earth.
From his office on the Street of the Assassins, Nathan Sutherland enjoys a steady but unexciting life translating Italian DIY manuals. All this changes dramatically when he is offered a large sum of money to look after a small package containing an extremely valuable antique prayer book illustrated by a Venetian master. But is it a stolen masterpiece - or a brilliant fake?
Unknown to Nathan, from a vast mansion on the Grand Canal twin brothers Domenico and Arcangelo Moro, motivated by nothing more than mutual hatred, have been playing out a complex game of art theft for twenty years. And now Nathan finds himself unwittingly drawn into their deadly business . . .
Vengeance in Venice, the second book in Philip Gwynne Jones' sensational Venice series, is available.
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Commentaires
Indeed, the characters are rather flat, the plot is convoluted and unrealistic, the finale is worthy of a run of the mill television show, etc.
The descriptions of Venice cover spots visited by a tourist on his third or fourth trip there: the Accademia Bridge, the Giudecca, campo San Stefano, the spire of San Giorgio Maggiore, the churches of San Nicolo and of the Madonna dell’Orto, etc. They lack the depth that a native Venetian would provide.
It does not help that in the audio version, the narrator does not know basic Italian and, for example, pronounces " vecchio '' as '' veshio ''!
Potential readers will be much better served with a novel by Donna Leon, who though she is not herself Italian, masters a much better grasp of Venice and its current woes.
Disappointing!
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