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_aPR6073.A413 _bD37 2010 |
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_aMYS WAL _2 |
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_aWalker, Martin _d, 1947- |
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_aThe dark vineyard _b: a novel of the French countryside _c/ Martin Walker |
| 250 | _a1st U.S. ed. | ||
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_aNew York _b: Alfred A. Knopf _c, 2011 |
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_a303 p. _c; 22 cm |
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| 520 | _aAge-old French traditions collide with global commerce in Walker's lyrical sequel to Bruno, Chief of Police. When vandals attack a secretive research station hidden in the hills near Saint-Denis, Bruno Courreges, the rural village's only municipal policeman, looks into the matter. Meanwhile, winemaker Francois Cresseil and the young man he has just adopted, Max Vannes, both die of mysterious causes. Max's seductive Canadian girlfriend; the scion of a rich American winery looking to buy up tracts of fertile land; protesting "ecolos"; representatives from a variety of government agencies; and a host of colorful locals all complicate what turns into a murder investigation, which calls on Bruno's tact as well as his shrewdness. Walker evokes his French community's celebrations of wine, food, love, and friendship with obvious affection but without sentimentality. His villagers are no more immune from modern times than the rest of us-they just drink better wine. | ||
| 546 | _aEnglish | ||
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_aPolice chiefs _v--Fiction |
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_aArson _v--Fiction |
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_aMurder investigation _v--Fiction |
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_aEnvironmentalists _x-Fiction |
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_aVintners _v--Fiction |
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_aCountry life _z-France |
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_aDordogne (France) _v--Fiction |
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| 655 | 4 | _aMystery fiction | |
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