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Earthly Remains
- Narrated by: David Rintoul
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Random House presents the unabridged downloadable audiobook edition of Earthly Remains by Donna Leon, read by David Rintoul.
During the interrogation of an entitled, arrogant man suspected of giving drugs to a young girl who then died, Commissario Guido Brunetti acts rashly, doing something he will quickly come to regret. In the aftermath he begins to doubt his career choices and realises that he needs a break from the stifling problems of his work.
Granted leave from the Questura, Brunetti is shipped off by his wife, Paola, to a villa owned by a wealthy relative on Sant'Erasmo, one of the largest islands in the Venetian laguna. There he intends to pass his days rowing and his nights reading Pliny's Natural History. The recuperative stay goes according to plan, and Brunetti is finally able to relax until Davide Casati, the caretaker of the house, goes missing following a sudden storm. Nobody can find him - not his daughter, not his friends, and not the woman he'd been secretly visiting. Now Brunetti feels compelled to investigate, to set aside his holiday and discover what happened to the man who had recently become his friend.
In Earthly Remains, Donna Leon shows Venice through an insider's eyes. From family meals and vaporetti rides to the never-ending influx of tourists and suffocating political corruption, the details and rhythms of everyday Venetian life are at the core of this thrilling novel and of the terrible crime at its heart.
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- Amazon Customer jo
- 23-04-2017
Mixed feelings
I enjoyed the story, the unusual setting and the message.
I was disappointed with the narration and didn't like the change in voices which sounded stilted and dated, surprising for such an experienced actor. I woul d have preferred a straight reading.
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