The Missing Head of Damasceno Monteiro

The Missing Head of Damasceno Monteiro
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Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Total Pages : 198
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ISBN-10 : 9780811222457
ISBN-13 : 0811222454
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Book Synopsis The Missing Head of Damasceno Monteiro by : Antonio Tabucchi

Download or read book The Missing Head of Damasceno Monteiro written by Antonio Tabucchi and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2005-01-17 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A literary thriller of heroin rings and headless bodies uncovers social ills and corruption in modern day Portugal, whileas in all of Tabucchi's workblurring genre boundaries. Antonio Tabucchi, Italy's premier writer and a best-selling author throughout Europe, draws together Manolo the gypsy, Firmino, a young tabloid journalist with a weakness for Lukacs and Vittorini, and Don Fernando, an overweight lawyer with a professed resemblance to the actor Charles Laughton, to solve a murder that leads far up and down Portugal's social ladder. As the investigation leads deeper into Portugal's power structure, the novel defies expectations, departing from the formulaic twists of a suspense story to consider the moral weight of power and its abuse.


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