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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Scherzo: Murder and Mystery in 18th Century Venice

Scherzo: Murder and Mystery in 18th Century Venice

Williams, Jim

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Historical FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 1908943610
ISBN13: 9781908943613
Publisher: Marble City Publishing
Published: May 18 2023
Pages: 392
Weight: 0.93
Height: 0.87 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

MEET two unusual detectives. Ludovico - a young man who has had his testicles cut off for the sake of opera. And Monsieur Arouet - a fraudster, or just possibly the philosopher Voltaire.VISIT the setting. Carnival time in mid-18th century Venice, a city of winter mists, and the season of masquerade and decadence.ENCOUNTER a Venetian underworld of pimps, harlots, gamblers, forgers and charlatans.BEWARE of a mysterious coterie of aristocrats, Jesuits, Freemasons and magicians.DISCOVER a murder: that of the nobleman, Sgr Alessandro Molin, found swinging from a bridge with his innards hanging out and a message in code from his killer.Scherzo is a murder mystery of sparkling vivacity and an historical novel of stunning originality told with a wit and style highly praised by critics and nominated for the Booker Prize.

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