The Girl of His Dreams (A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery)
by Donna Leon
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Author: Donna LeonEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-05-13
ISBN: 0871139804
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
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Book Review: A girl of his dreams; A book to put you to sleep
Summary: 2 Stars
Donna Leon likes to raise your political consciousness and usually succeeds. This time she lets us know that in Italy, anything is for sale; except the Venetian police - unless you are looking to get promoted. Frankly, this one is a deep yawn: we never care about the victim, even though the hero [protagonist if you are an English major] does; we don't care about the victims family; and frankly, we don't even care about the hero's enchanted family.
As a subplot, Donna Leon appears to believe that Venizia should only be for the Venetians. We touristas out never set foot there, and Venetians should stop selling out and living elsewhere. By tourists, she includes anyone not a native; even if you are Italiano. By our not going there and buying up the good apartments, Venice would then be affordable to the locals, and she and the other ex-patriots can return to San Marco Plaza untroubled by anything other which wine to savor and those pesky pigeons.
The anything is for sale in Venice\Italy is not a new theme for Leon, but this is the first time that she has applied it to the lowest classes; although this surely is not the first instance of this happening in "her" fair city.
Oh,yeah, the basic plot is unbelievable if not non-existent; the characters plastic and police work jejuene. and I'm a Donna Leon fan.
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