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Reviewed on September 15, 2013 | Social Sciences
The intricate and exotically nuanced Venice, certainly an integral ingredient in the appeal of native New Jerseyan Leon's "Commissario Guido Brunetti" mysteries, holds center frame in this collection of essays influenced by the author's 30 years in the "Floating City." Reminiscent of writing by Patricia Highsmith and Ernest Hemingway, Leon's style is sparse and compact—the majority of essays comprise only a page...Log In or Sign Up to Read More