Marco Malvaldi, musty smell, Sellerio publisher, Palermo, 2011 Friday, February 18, 2011
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Marco Malvaldi, musty smell, Sellerio publisher, Palermo, 2011
Marco Malvaldi, musty smell, Sellerio publisher, Palermo, 2011 It 's the fourth novel by Mark Malvaldi, chemical Pisano debuted in 2007 with "The Trump in five." The following year he published "The shell game" and 2010 "King of Games".
E 'Gleam of the trilogy, starring a bartender, always involved in a nasty business case for the crime, and four old men who, in the vernacular of Pisa, are the investigation support.
"musty smell" is instead a historical mystery, set in 1895 from parts of Bolgheri. The action takes place in a castle owned by the Baron Bonaiuti Romualdo and his wacky family: a mother paralyzed and in a very bad character, but watch what happens around her, the two sons of the baron, good for nothing and no any talented, intelligent and perceptive daughter, but with clipped wings for women. Revolve around their servants, factors and two guests: Artusi Pellegino, the famous author of the famous gourmet cookbook, and a mysterious photographer, which will add to the physician and the director of police after the murder was discovered. There's also a cameo irreverent Carducci, the poet of Italy.
In addition, a narrator who comments on the action.
Malvaldi effectively contrasts the lifestyle of the landed gentry, who thinks only to perpetuate their privileges of caste even after unification, the initiative of the emerging classes: merchants, professionals, former servants. The story takes place over a weekend, punctuated by the arrival and departure of Artusi which, needless to say, investigated in parallel with the delegation and gave his contribution to resolving the case. We note
careful historical research of political, cultural and daily life of the late nineteenth century Italy, while in terms of language I do not understand why Malvaldi ago some of his characters speak in a language that today, packed with interlocution too colloquial that never were delivered into a noble family, even if expired. Perhaps
to update the text? Up to a certain point in the novel I thought that would differentiate linguistically the narrator from the characters 'historical', but it is not.
Squidoo page. 123 that given a letter to the baron, is dated 1890 while the facts are shown for a few months before the unfolding of the story, then in 1895.
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