A Long Finish is a 1998 novel by Michael Dibdin, and is the sixth entry in the Aurelio Zen series.[1][2]
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Author | Michael Dibdin |
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Language | English |
Series | Aurelio Zen series, #6 |
Genre | Crime, Mystery novel |
Publisher | Faber and Faber |
Publication date | December 1, 1998 |
Publication place | United Kingdom |
Media type | Print (Hardback, Paperback) |
Pages | 256pp (hardback) 256pp (paperback) |
ISBN | 0-571-19341-2 |
OCLC | 40234264 |
Preceded by | Cosi Fan Tutti |
Followed by | Blood Rain |
Synopsis
editAfter his adventures under sun-drenched Neapolitan skies in Cosi Fan Tutti, Italian police detective Aurelio Zen finds himself reluctantly back in Rome, sneezing in the damp wine cellar of a retired but still powerful and connected mover and shaker. Strings are pulled and he is given another unorthodox assignment: find evidence that clears the jailed scion of an important wine-growing family, who is accused of brutal murder, in time to harvest what is anticipated to be a great vintage.
Zen is confronted with the closed ranks and closed mouths of a small, remote rural town, where everyone knows the secrets of everyone else. Grappling with tangled relationships, bitter resentments and grudges reaching back to the immediate post-war years, his investigations are further distracted by meeting the young woman who thinks she is his daughter.
References
edit- ^ "A LONG FINISH | Kirkus Reviews". 1 August 1998.
- ^ "A Long Finish: An Aurelio Zen Mystery by Michael Dibdin". www.publishersweekly.com. 3 August 1998. Retrieved 23 August 2023.