Items related to RAT KING.
Perugia, he thought. Chocolates, Etruscans, that fat painter, radios and gramophones, the University for Foreigners, sportswear. 'Umbria, the green heart of Italy', the tourist advertisements said. What did that make Latium, he had wondered, the bilious liver?Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen has crossed swords with the establishment before - and lost. But from the depths of a mundane desk job in Rome he is unexpectedly transferred to Perugia to take over an explosive kidnapping case involving one of Italy's most powerful families.If you enjoyed the Inspector Zen Mystery series you may also like The Last Sherlock Holmes Story, another crime novel by Michael Dibdin.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
From the Publisher:
Ruth Rendell wrote of Ratking:
From the Inside Flap:
"Tremendously exciting ... This is a novel both subtle and horrific."
And the praise doesn't stop there. Here's what people are saying about Michael Dibdin's work:
"Dibdin's work deserves comparison with such ... giants as Raymond Chandler."
-- Portland Oregonian
"Dibdin has an ear for prose that is rare in the crime genre ... His soaring imagination ... makes his books well worth the read."
-- Washington Times
"Dibdin has a gift for shocking the unshockable reader. He writes the unmentionable, calmly and with devastating effect."
-- Ruth Rendell
In this masterpiece of psychological suspense, Italian Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen is dispatched to investigate the kidnapping of Ruggiero Miletti, a powerful Perugian industrialist. But nobody much wants Zen to succeed: not the local authorities, who view him as an interloper, and certainly not Miletti's children, who seem content to let the head of the family languish in the hands of his abductors -- if he's still alive.
Was Miletti truly the victim of professionals? Or might his kidnapper be someone closer to home: his preening son Daniele, with his million-lire wardrobe and his profitable drug business? His daughter, Cinzia, whose vapid beauty conceals a devastating secret? The perverse Silvio, or the eldest son Pietro, the unscrupulous fixer who manipulates the plots of others for his own ends? As Zen tries to unravel this rat's nest of family intrigue and official complicity, Michael Dibdin gives us one of his most accomplished thrillers, a chilling masterpiece of police procedure and psychological suspense.
Was Miletti truly the victim of professionals? Or might his kidnapper be someone closer to home: his preening son Daniele, with his million-lire wardrobe and his profitable drug business? His daughter, Cinzia, whose vapid beauty conceals a devastating secret? The perverse Silvio, or the eldest son Pietro, the unscrupulous fixer who manipulates the plots of others for his own ends? As Zen tries to unravel this rat's nest of family intrigue and official complicity, Michael Dibdin gives us one of his most accomplished thrillers, a chilling masterpiece of police procedure and psychological suspense.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherFABER.
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 0571151477
- ISBN 13 9780571151479
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages1
- Rating
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Seller Image
Ratking
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. Seller Inventory # wbs2529619443
Buy Used
US$ 2.30
Convert currency
Stock Image
Ratking
Published by
Faber and Faber
(1988)
ISBN 10: 0571151477
ISBN 13: 9780571151479
Used
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Used; Very Good. Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine. Seller Inventory # CHL9677493
Buy Used
US$ 3.87
Convert currency
Stock Image
RAT KING.
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: Very Good. 1701786212. 12/5/2023 2:23:32 PM. Seller Inventory # U9780571151479
Buy Used
US$ 7.34
Convert currency
Stock Image
Ratking
ISBN 10: 0571151477
ISBN 13: 9780571151479
Used
Hardcover
Quantity: 3
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR005011246
Buy Used
US$ 12.78
Convert currency
Seller Image
Ratking
Published by
Faber & Faber, London
(1988)
ISBN 10: 0571151477
ISBN 13: 9780571151479
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. First edition, first printing hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, in very good condition. Some shelf wear to the jacket, and page block and page edges are tanned. Pages and text are otherwise clear and unmarked throughout. LW. Used. Seller Inventory # 538973
Buy Used
US$ 32.76
Convert currency
Stock Image
Ratking
Published by
Faber & Faber, London
(1988)
ISBN 10: 0571151477
ISBN 13: 9780571151479
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine -. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First British Edition. First Printing of the British First Edition of the first Aurelio Zen mystery series. Jacket has only light wear. Book is clean and unmarked with toning of pages. Seller Inventory # 002962
Buy Used
US$ 45.00
Convert currency
Seller Image
Ratking
Published by
Faber & Faber
(1988)
ISBN 10: 0571151477
ISBN 13: 9780571151479
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardback 1st ed 1st printing. 282 pp Bound in black cloth with silver titles both book and dust jacket are in very good condition. The page edges are browned and the jacket is just a little edge worn. Seller Inventory # 104271
Buy Used
US$ 36.69
Convert currency
Ratking
ISBN 10: 0571151477
ISBN 13: 9780571151479
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Very Good. UK stocked, available immediately. Hardcover, published by Faber & Faber in 1988. First edition. Light spotting and toning to the text block, the text is unmarked throughout. The unclipped dustjacket is in very good condition, with minor edge rubbing. A nice bright copy. Seller Inventory # sk5bap482
Buy Used
US$ 32.76
Convert currency
Stock Image
Ratking
Published by
Faber & Faber, London
(1988)
ISBN 10: 0571151477
ISBN 13: 9780571151479
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardcover, page edges tanned, VG in VG dustjacket. Seller Inventory # 007390
Buy Used
US$ 58.96
Convert currency
Stock Image
Ratking
Published by
Faber & Faber
(1988)
ISBN 10: 0571151477
ISBN 13: 9780571151479
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. Seller Inventory # c093138
Buy Used
US$ 62.89
Convert currency