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Escapism of a high order.' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
A slyly intelligent page turner.' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

AN AURELIO ZEN MYSTERY

When a group of Austrian cavers in the Italian Alps come across human remains at the bottom of a deep shaft, everyone assumes the death was accidental until the still unidentified body is stolen from the morgue and the Defence Ministry puts a news blackout on the case. The whole affair has the whiff of political intrigue.

That''s enough to interest Aurelio Zen''s boss at the Interior Ministry, who wants to know who is hiding what from who and why. The search for the truth leads Zen into the murky history of post-war Italy and obscure corners of modern-day society to uncover the truth about a crime that everyone thought was as dead and buried as the victim.

As the plot quickens, we are soon deep in Dibdin's favourite territory: the murky political conflicts of Italy's past and the oily chica

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A Paperback / softback by Michael Dibdin

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    Publisher: Faber & Faber
    Publication Date: 17/02/2011
    ISBN13: 9780571270873, 978-0571270873
    ISBN10: 0571270875

    Description

    Book Synopsis

    Escapism of a high order.' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
    A slyly intelligent page turner.' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY

    AN AURELIO ZEN MYSTERY

    When a group of Austrian cavers in the Italian Alps come across human remains at the bottom of a deep shaft, everyone assumes the death was accidental until the still unidentified body is stolen from the morgue and the Defence Ministry puts a news blackout on the case. The whole affair has the whiff of political intrigue.

    That''s enough to interest Aurelio Zen''s boss at the Interior Ministry, who wants to know who is hiding what from who and why. The search for the truth leads Zen into the murky history of post-war Italy and obscure corners of modern-day society to uncover the truth about a crime that everyone thought was as dead and buried as the victim.

    As the plot quickens, we are soon deep in Dibdin's favourite territory: the murky political conflicts of Italy's past and the oily chica

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