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008			140821r19971996nyu 000 1 eng
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050	0	0	_aPR6054.I26 _bC67 1997
082	0	0	_aMYS DIB
100	1		_aDibdin, Michael
245	1	0	_aCosì fan tutti _b: an Aurelio Zen mystery _c/ Michael Dibdin.
250			_a1st American ed.
260			_aNew York _b: Pantheon Books _c, [1997]
300			_a247 p. _c; 24 cm.
520			_aIn this spry new mystery constructed along comically operatic lines, Italian copper Aurelio Zen finds that his quest for the simpler life leads to a new beat in Naples and to a series of convoluted criminal conundrums. A garbage truck prowls the streets, slaughtering several notable organized crime figures; a mystery man posing as an American sailor is involved in a fracas at the port; and ownership of a pirated software game is called into question. Zen meanwhile stumbles into a whole new identity for himself and gives aid to the handsome widow of a mobster, who is anxious to rid herself of her two pretty young daughters' lowlife suitors. Zen employs the most alluring hookers he can find to entice the dutiful young men away. There are a wealth of cute moments: Zen running stark naked through the widow's apartment; Zen wildly extemporizing his way out of trouble with a superior officer. The operatic notions and a general absence of realism allow Dibdin free reign for flights of fancy and copious coincidence.
650		0	_aZen, Aurelio (Fictitious character) _v--Fiction
650			_aPolice _z-Italy _v--Fiction
651		0	_aNaples (Italy) _v--Fiction
655		7	_aDetective and mystery stories
942			_cMO
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