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Cabal – Michael Dibdin
(Faber e-book, originally published 1990) This, the third of Dibdin’s crime novels featuring Italian policeman Aurelio Zen, is set primarily in Rome. Zen’s new relationship with Tania Biacis, tentatively begun in Vendetta is here fully-fledged, though warning cracks in their … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 New Reads, Crime fiction, Fiction, Filmed adaptations, Read on my Kindle, Reviews
Tagged Aurelio Zen, computer hacker, fashion, Italy, Michael Dibdin, secret society, Vatican
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Aurelio Zen – from book to screen
For some reason I never read the first three of Michael Dibdin’s detective novels set in Italy (Ratking, Vendetta and Cabal) until I watched the first episodes of the BBC’s new series featuring the Venetian cop and starring Rufus Sewell … Continue reading