Ratking
by Dibdin, Michael
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0571151477
- ISBN 13
- 9780571151479
- Seller
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Norwich, Norfolk, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Hardcover. Very Good. UK stocked, available immediately. Hardcover, published by Faber & Faber in 1988. First edition. Light spotting and toning to the text block, the text is unmarked throughout. The unclipped dustjacket is in very good condition, with minor edge rubbing. A nice bright copy.
Synopsis
Police Commissioner Aurelio Zen has crossed swords with the establishment before - and lost. But from the depths of a mundane desk job in Rome he is unexpectedly transferred to Perugia to take over an explosive kidnapping case involving one of Italy's most powerful families.
Reviews
On Aug 17 2011, Daniel_Baumgartner said:
This book was complicated but fun, a sort of Borgia family saga, but I had a problem in the beginning trying to keep Italian names straight, like the spaghetti aisle at the grocery store, so I made a list of all parties! The Aurelio Zen series has been produced for PBS and Ratking and one other book in the series were liberally cribbed and totally plot changed. Once I got over the idea that the TV production bore little resemblance to the book, I enjoyed it for what it was. I hear Michael Dibdin is not loved in Italy his sometimes scathing portrayals of Italian political and police life, and justly so. But that isn't his fault!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Westland Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- sk5bap482
- Title
- Ratking
- Author
- Dibdin, Michael
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0571151477
- ISBN 13
- 9780571151479
- Publisher
- Faber And Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 1988
Terms of Sale
Westland Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Westland Books
Biblio member since 2009
Norwich, Norfolk
About Westland Books
Small family business specialising in quality non-fiction.
Glossary
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...