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The Girl of His Dreams (Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery) | 
 vergrössern | Autor: Donna Leon
Urheber: Donna Leon
Verleger: Atlantic Monthly Pr
Kaufen Neu: EUR 14,07
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Bewertung:  3 Rezensionen
Verkaufsrang: 16204
Medium: Gebundene Ausgabe
Seiten: 272
Versandgewicht: 1.2
Maße (innen): 9 x 6.3 x 1.2
ISBN: 0871139804
Dewey Dezimalzahl: 813.54
EAN: 9780871139801
ASIN: 0871139804
Publikation: Mai 2008
Verfügbarkeit: Versandfertig in 1 - 2 Werktagen
Versand: Internationaler Versand möglich
Zustand: Neu-Buch. Direkt aus Amerika. Lassen Sie 10-14 Tage fuer Anlieferung zu.
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Amazon Best of the Month, May 2008: Reading The Girl of His Dreams leaves you no choice but to reconsider what makes a mystery novel so good. Certainly there's no denying the appeal of a hard-boiled crime story, where more often than not a brilliant yet battered P.I. drives you white-knuckled to the edge of your seat, but Donna Leon's Guido Brunetti--at once exactingly inquisitive and disarmingly sensitive--bucks that genre convention entirely. Here, in Leon's seventeenth Brunetti mystery, is a man who investigates the tragic drowning of a young Gypsy girl relentlessly, yet--in his thoughtful meanderings through the streets and cafes of Venice--also struggles to understand the human warps and weaknesses that make his beloved city so vulnerable. In the end, it's this pure love and curiosity for life (and, I admit, his lusty appreciation of daily luxuries like prosecco, good coffee, or a burst of sunshine) that make Brunetti such a seductive hero--so much so that you're willing to follow him wherever he goes. --Anne Bartholomew
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 Local Color . . And Little Else of Interest September 4, 2008
Donald Mitchell (Boston)
Before writing my review, I waited two days after reading The Girl of His Dreams to see if I liked the book any better after sleeping on it. I didn't. Sorry, Ms. Leon. This one's a clunker. Why? Of two cases, only one is interesting. And the investigation of the interesting one isn't very stimulating. This book will only appeal to those who enjoy thinking about the injustices that victims experience.
As the book opens, crime seems to have taken a holiday in Venice and Commissario Guido Brunetti has plenty of time to investigate a mysterious preacher who is looking for big donations on the behalf of a priest he barely knows. Naturally, there's no crime to pin down, but Brunetti decides to look around anyway.
Before the preacher's background and motives can be understood, Brunetti has to deal with a most unpleasant duty . . . pulling a dead girl from the water. Here's where the local color comes in. The girl is a Gypsy (the P.C. term is Rom), part of a family that steals for a living. As you can imagine, Gypsies aren't interested in telling their troubles to the police.
How will Brunetti find out what happened to the girl? That's the real mystery of this book. A lot of the leads turn out to be misleading which provides a few mild surprises.
Once again, you'll learn that the police aren't able to do very much about crime, those in the establishment who complain often have things to hide, and the poor aren't as bad as everyone else thinks. The explication of those points is, however, not very interesting compared to other books in this series.
Did I need to read this book to remain a fan of this series? Not really. You have the option to pass on this one.
 Brunetti is getting old! Juni 6, 2008
Birgit Sontheim (Muenchen)
14 aus 14 fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
The previous book didn't stay at all in my memory, I accidentially bought it twice because I heard that there is a new Leon. So "The Girl of His Dreams" (which I bought then) in my opinion not really has a plot at all. Brunetti is investigating together with his wife and Vianello's (you still don't learn a lot about her)about some kind of Guru who asks people for money but then suddenly disappears and that is all there is. Apart from that, Brunetti has to find out about a drowned kid from a Rom family. Now you think there is the story, but in the end, the Police can't do anything about anything and all there is is a funeral in the end. I read this book whilst I actually have been in Venice, should have read a guidebook instead. When will Brunetti solve a case again? Thanks God there is still Signora Elletra, otherwise the vebice Commissario would just be old and lame!
Local Color . . And Little Else of Interest Mai 11, 2008
Donald Mitchell (Boston)
12 aus 14 fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Before writing my review, I waited two days after reading The Girl of His Dreams to see if I liked the book any better after sleeping on it. I didn't. Sorry, Ms. Leon. This one's a clunker. Why? Of two cases, only one is interesting. And the investigation of the interesting one isn't very stimulating. This book will only appeal to those who enjoy thinking about the injustices that victims experience.
As the book opens, crime seems to have taken a holiday in Venice and Commissario Guido Brunetti has plenty of time to investigate a mysterious preacher who is looking for big donations on the behalf of a priest he barely knows. Naturally, there's no crime to pin down, but Brunetti decides to look around anyway.
Before the preacher's background and motives can be understood, Brunetti has to deal with a most unpleasant duty . . . pulling a dead girl from the water. Here's where the local color comes in. The girl is a Gypsy (the P.C. term is Rom), part of a family that steals for a living. As you can imagine, Gypsies aren't interested in telling their troubles to the police.
How will Brunetti find out what happened to the girl? That's the real mystery of this book. A lot of the leads turn out to be misleading which provides a few mild surprises.
Once again, you'll learn that the police aren't able to do very much about crime, those in the establishment who complain often have things to hide, and the poor aren't as bad as everyone else thinks. The explication of those points is, however, not very interesting compared to other books in this series.
Did I need to read this book to remain a fan of this series? Not really. You have the option to pass on this one.
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