Morte a Firenze

This book has a good story but it’s not the police procedural/mystery it claims to be. It’s really the story of an ageing (four years from retirement), lonely police detective wandering through Florence and reflecting on his experience as an anti-Mussolini, anti-Nazi resistance fighter in World War Leggi tutto

This novel was a rambling mess. It starts with inspector Bordelli and his sidekick Piras investigating the rape and murder of a young boy. They have no clues and no way forward. Since Bordelli has nothing concrete to go on, he spends evenings with his friend Rosa, the ex-prostitute, and loses sleep

Toscana 🇮🇹 "Non era più un giovincello, ma non era poi così vecchio. Non era nemmeno un figurino, ma in fondo aveva solo qualche chilo in più. Forse non era proprio bello come Mastroianni, ma il fascino non gli mancava..." Franco Bordelli, più umano non si può! Ma è Firenze la primadonna in questo rom Leggi tutto

Bel regalo: autore nuovo, città nuova, Storia passata ma ad ogni autunno drammaticamente attuale, finale come al solito (per me) deludente. Marco Vichi ha una bellissima scrittura, devo dire che è un piacere leggerla e il commissario Bordelli è stata una piccola sorpresa. Firenze è una città solo sfi Leggi tutto

I was hoping Bordelli might be to Florence what Brunetti is to Venice. There are similarities - like Donna Leon's novels, this book is more about the Inspector, his life and his city than about the crime that needs to be solved. The difference is that Bordelli is a bachelor who smokes, drinks and ea Leggi tutto

Spoiler alert I love a good mystery, but this wasn't one of them. What I like are the stories about WW2 from the Italian perspective. I like the era, too. What I don't like are the two-dimensional characters. All of the females are basically wall flowers. In this book, there is an unbelievable relati Leggi tutto

3.75 che tristezza

Having run out of reading material, I purchased this volume in the small English language section of the Morpurgo book shop in Split, right next to Diocletian's Palace in Croatia. Not having much to choose from, I bought it because I once stayed at the ironically named Ritz Hotel, located on the ban Leggi tutto

Can't believe this won awards, hardly any crime related writing, rambling on about the admittedly interesting and well described flood in Florence, affairs of the heart, his war experience, a ghastly portrayal of gay men, as sad or bad or paedophile, and a horribly graphic description of what happen Leggi tutto