Description: "Siena, one of Italy's most beautiful cities, visited by all discerning travellers to Tuscany, is feverishly preparing for the Palio, a horse race dating back to the Middle Ages held every summer in the centre of the town, famously described by Rick Steves as "The World's Most Insane Horse Race". Milanese lawyer Enzo Maggione and his wife Valeria are unwittingly caught up in the maelstrom of plots, counterplots and bribes surrounding the race. They are even witnesses to the violent death of Puddu, the Palio's most celebrated jockey, found dead the day before the race."--Provided by publisher.
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Review Quotes: KIrkus Reviews: "A macabre Mediterranean mystery bubbling with romantic intrigue.The comedy of licentious manners, going hand in hand with Enzo's probe and the authors' rich description of the Palio and the equestrian world, all add up to a colorfully offbeat mystery. Fruttero and Lucentini's sophisticated drollery and Italian sensibility will particularly delight fans of the prolific Andrea Camilleri, whose final Inspector Montalbano novel was published in 2021.
Reviews of The Lover of No Fixed Abode by the same authors: "Doyens of the Italian detective story, Fruttero and Lucentini, offer a perfect blend of the comedy of manners and the macabre; in short, very Mediterranean mysteries." Tim Parks, author of Hotel Milano and Italian Life " A labyrinth full of shapeshifting and ambiguity, sometimes sinister, often hilarious, for which Venice in all its varying moods offers the perfect setting." Jonathan Keates, author of La Serenissima: The Story of Venice"An undiscovered gem, finally available in English... witty, moving and enthrallingly atmospheric." Philip Gwynne Jones, author of The Venetian Legacy "Finally in a vivid English translation, the classic imaginative Italian love story and mystery that brings 1980s Venice to brilliant life." David Hewson, author of The Medici Murders