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Death in a Strange Country (Hardcover)

by Donna Leon (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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Product details

  • Hardcover: 290 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins (Jun 1993)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0060170085
  • ISBN-13: 978-0060170080
  • Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14.2 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 3,442,170 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Synopsis

A Venice policeman investigating the murder of an American soldier comes up against the Mafia, the government, the U.S. Army, and toxic waste.

About the Author

Donna Leon was born in the US and now lives in Venice. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and evocative, 18 Nov 2004
By A. Weston "Adrian Weston" (Brighton, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Death in a Strange Country (Paperback)
Some time ago I wrote in a review of an Ian Rankin book that I wasn't really into crime as a genre. Something's happened since then and it's now my regular stress-busting bit of escapism and I have to 'fess up to being a convert to low-life detective novels(when it's good anyway).

Donna Leon is certainly good - Death in a Strange County is the first of her books I've read and there is an enticingly large array of other books by her to move on to. It was a single-evening read and delivered everything it should. Guido (the Venetian policeman) is a good hero - not too macho, not too fey - a palpable person. And Venice - I was there. Leon really manages to evoke the workaday reality of the city. I was unsurprised to find out she lives there as it was every inch the city I know.

Great fun, smooth writing, good characterisation and a plausible plot. Just what you need when the winter evenings are drawing in.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An entirely absorbing and well written Venetian thriller., 7 Jun 2002
By M. Fermer (Chesterfield, England) - See all my reviews
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This is another of Donna Leon's wonderful books based in Venice which defy simplistic classification. It is beautifully written, and can be appreciated on several levels. It is concerned with international intrigue tied into Maffiosi corruption, but the private life of her honest policeman is fascinating. For anyone who has any knowledge of, and love for, Venice this book is unmissable.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Number 1, 5 April 2000
By tal@gazeta.pl (Warsow, Poland) - See all my reviews
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For the first time in my life I found a detective novel that is not only fine book to amuse, but also to think. Of course there are hundreds of other - more famous writers. From Agatha Christie to Patricia Cornwell. But the world of Leon and her hero commisario Brunetti is different. You got Venice and you feel it. And the book is marvelous. You won't got easy endings. Because in the end crime is punished but wins. And Brunetti is a winner but losses. This is real world not just a mystery. It's life. It's literature.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A book one can not put down
I really enjoyed the first book in this series and this one was even better than that one. It was exciting from page 1 to page 373, the very last page. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Best of Brunetti
I am half way through reading the detective novels of Donna Leon and have had immense pleasure in doing so. Read more
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Impossible to demur from the comments of other reviewers here, except perhaps from Professor Mitchell's revelation of too much of the plot and his down-playing of the dénouement... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars A very good story
I came a bit late to this one, having already read all her other Brunetti novels. It's, as always, riveting.
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4.0 out of 5 stars "The body floated face down in the murky water of the canal"
Thus opens Donna Leon's second Brunetti novel, building diligently on her first. The characters become deeper and the criminal landscape of Venice broader. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars "You are a stubborn devil, aren't you?"
Donna Leon definitely caught my attention with the first book in this series, and now she has made me a fan of her wonderful work. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Cynical Digging Pays Off
If you liked Death at La Fenice, the debut of this series, you'll probably like the first 80 percent of Death in a Strange Country even better. Read more
Published on 31 Aug 2007 by Professor Donald Mitchell

4.0 out of 5 stars Cynical Digging Pays Off
If you liked Death at La Fenice, the debut of this series, you'll probably like the first 80 percent of Death in a Strange Country even better. Read more
Published on 31 Aug 2007 by Professor Donald Mitchell

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully Italian
I overheard a woman in a book store raving about this book and decided to buy it. It was beautifully written , gave a great flavour of Italy and I found myself reading it slowly... Read more
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