Holy Smoke
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.75 (650 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 190473801X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-05 |
| Language | : | French |
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"delightfully droll dark thriller" according to A Customer. Dario Trengoni and his childhood pal Antonio Polsinelli meet for the first time in years and discuss what each is doing and what is happening with some of their mutual friends from growing up Italian in South Paris. Dario insists "Anto" speaks the real language, Italian better than he so he asks a favor. Anto reluctantly agrees to writes a love letter for Dario to Madame Raphaelle ironically in French.N. "Not as good as expected" according to Nifty. I found this book to be somehow lacking, despite the fact that it has apparently won one or more awards.It sort of meandered along with the main character stumbling into plot connections, which perhaps reflects the Gallic and Italian flair referred to in a review clip from The Guardian.''An iconoclastic chronicle of small-time crooks and desperate capers, with added Gallic and Italian flair. Wonderful f. Italy, Wine, Murder and Man's Search for Himself - a Winner stoic Holy Smoke is a terrific little (200-page) mystery that works on several levels. On its surface, the book is about the amusing adventures of a man who inherits a vineyard - and a world of problems. On another level, it is about someone in search of a home - a Frenchman of Italian descent who cannot escape his roots. It is a tribute to author Tonino Benacquista that the book succeeds on both levels.The n
Her work includes Catherine Millet's explicit autobiography, 'The sexual life of Catherine M' and Beigbeder's attack novel on advertising, '£9.99'.She also translated 'Death in the Dordogne' by Louis Sanders recently favourably reviewed by the NYT.. After being a museum night watchman, a train guard and a parasite on the Par
When Dario is murdered, a single bullet to the head, Tonio finds he has been left a small vineyard near Naples. The wine is undrinkable, but an elaborate scam has been set up. Detail like this places European crime writing on a par with its American counterpart.”—Belfast IndependentSome favors simply cannot be refused. The smell of easy money attracts the unwanted attentions of the Mafia and the Vatican and the unbridled hatred of the locals. “Boisterous black comedy funny and goodhearted, with much incident and expert enthusiasm for sex, food and drink.”&mda
A terrific black comedy.A blasphemously funny satire of provincial Italian chicanery. -- New York Times, August 14, 2005