Items related to Cosi Fan Tutti: An Aurelio Zen Mystery
Aurelio Zen's newest adventure is a delirious combination of the deadly serious and the seriously comic. Here is Mozart's opera turned on its head to test the faithfulness of men and the stamina of Michael Dibdin's unusually serious-minded police officer, as he becomes the unwitting stage manager for this masterful interpretation of murder, mayhem, and the mysteries of love.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review:
The career of Italian policeman Auerlio Zen has certainly had its operatic ups and downs: as a nasty colleague points out, "In Milan, you wrongfully arrest a man for the Tondelli murder, and 20 years later he tries to kill you after his release from prison. In Rome, you single-handedly 'solve' the Moro kidnapping, unfortunately too late to save the victim." So it's fitting that Michael Dibdin has used a real comic opera by Mozart and Lorenzo Daponte as the frame for his latest Zen outing. A Northern fish in Naples's polluted waters, Venetian-born Zen seems to have found the perfect job to make himself invisible, as head of the harbor police. But several tangled plots--including one that deftly turns the Daponte stew of unsuitable suitors and fake Albanians on its head--conspire to bring Auerlio into the spotlight one more time. Two of Dibdin's best Zen encounters, Ratking and Dead Lagoon, are available in paperback.
From the Back Cover:
"[Dibdin's] work deserves comparison with such giants as Raymond Chandler." --Portland Oregonian
"A pure delight." --San Francisco Chronicle
"Cosi Fan Tutti is a delightfully inventive confusion of mistaken identities, willful impersonations, mixed motives and double lives--all played con brio." --Wall Street Journal
"[With] vivacious style, razor-sharp plotting, [it is] a terrifically enjoyable entertainment." --Washington Post Book World
"A pure delight." --San Francisco Chronicle
"Cosi Fan Tutti is a delightfully inventive confusion of mistaken identities, willful impersonations, mixed motives and double lives--all played con brio." --Wall Street Journal
"[With] vivacious style, razor-sharp plotting, [it is] a terrifically enjoyable entertainment." --Washington Post Book World
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherPantheon
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0679442723
- ISBN 13 9780679442721
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages247
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 25.07
Shipping:
FREE
Within U.S.A.
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Cosi Fan Tutti: An Aurelio Zen Mystery
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition 1.06. Seller Inventory # bk0679442723xvz189zvxnew
Buy New
US$ 25.07
Convert currency
Stock Image
Cosi Fan Tutti: An Aurelio Zen Mystery
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published 1.06. Seller Inventory # 353-0679442723-new
Buy New
US$ 25.07
Convert currency
Stock Image
Cosi Fan Tutti: An Aurelio Zen Mystery
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0679442723
Buy New
US$ 21.10
Convert currency
Stock Image
Cosi Fan Tutti: An Aurelio Zen Mystery
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Brand New Copy. Seller Inventory # BBB_new0679442723
Buy New
US$ 22.20
Convert currency
Stock Image
Cosi Fan Tutti: An Aurelio Zen Mystery
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Buy for Great customer experience. Seller Inventory # GoldenDragon0679442723
Buy New
US$ 24.42
Convert currency
Stock Image
Cosi Fan Tutti: An Aurelio Zen Mystery
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0679442723
Buy New
US$ 26.08
Convert currency
Stock Image
Cosi Fan Tutti: An Aurelio Zen Mystery
Published by
Pantheon Books
(1997)
ISBN 10: 0679442723
ISBN 13: 9780679442721
New
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description hardcover. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # 230413093
Buy New
US$ 24.95
Convert currency
Stock Image
Cosi Fan Tutti: An Aurelio Zen Mystery
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think0679442723
Buy New
US$ 28.06
Convert currency
Stock Image
Cosi Fan Tutti: An Aurelio Zen Mystery
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: new. Seller Inventory # FrontCover0679442723
Buy New
US$ 28.89
Convert currency
Stock Image
COSI FAN TUTTI: AN AURELIO ZEN M
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.49. Seller Inventory # Q-0679442723
Buy New
US$ 96.78
Convert currency