Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana

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by Carlo Emilio Gadda

1984 388 pages eng ★ 4.0 (3 ratings)

In a large apartment house in central Rome, two crimes are committed within a matter of days: a burglary, in which a good deal of money and precious jewels are taken, and a murder, as a young woman whose husband is out of town is found with her throat cut. Called in to investigate, melancholy Detect…