Biblioteche dell'Alto Adige

Abstract: On a cold November evening, Guido Brunetti and Paola are up late when a call from his colleague Ispettore Vianello arrives, alerting the Commissario that a hand has been seen in one of Venice's canals. The body is soon found, and Brunetti is assigned to investigate the murder of an undocumented Sri Lankan immigrant. Because no official record of the man's presence in Venice exists, Brunetti is forced to use the city's far richer sources of information: gossip and the memories of people who knew the victim. Curiously, he had been living in a garden house on the grounds of a palazzo owned by a university professor, in which Brunetti discovers books revealing the victim's interest in Buddhism, the revolutionary Tamil Tigers, and the last crop of Italian political terrorists, active in the 1980s. As the investigation expands, Brunetti, Vianello, Commissario Griffoni, and Signorina Elettra each assemble pieces of a puzzle-random information about real estate and land use, books, university friendships-that appear to have little in common. Until Brunetti stumbles over something that transports him back to his own student days, causing him to reflect on lost ideals and the errors of youth, on Italian politics and history, and on the accidents that sometimes lead to revelation.

Abstract: On a cold November evening, Guido Brunetti and Paola are up late when a call from his colleague Ispettore Vianello arrives, alerting the Commissario that a hand has been seen in one of Venice's canals. The body is soon found, and Brunetti is assigned to investigate the murder of an undocumented Sri Lankan immigrant. Because no official record of the man's presence in Venice exists, Brunetti is forced to use the city's far richer sources of information: gossip and the memories of people who knew the victim. Curiously, he had been living in a garden house on the grounds of a palazzo owned by a university professor, in which Brunetti discovers books revealing the victim's interest in Buddhism, the revolutionary Tamil Tigers, and the last crop of Italian political terrorists, active in the 1980s. As the investigation expands, Brunetti, Vianello, Commissario Griffoni, and Signorina Elettra each assemble pieces of a puzzle-random information about real estate and land use, books, university friendships-that appear to have little in common. Until Brunetti stumbles over something that transports him back to his own student days, causing him to reflect on lost ideals and the errors of youth, on Italian politics and history, and on the accidents that sometimes lead to revelation.

Abstract: Brunetti will gerade zu Bett, als Vianello ihn hinausruft in die kalte Novembernacht: In einem Kanal ragt eine Hand aus dem Wasser. Die Leiche ist schnell geborgen. Um wen es sich handelt, erfährt der Commissario per Zufall. Doch welche Feinde könnte der Tote gehabt haben? Da er sich ohne Papiere in Italien aufhielt, steht die Polizei ohne Spuren da. Erst als Brunetti tief in die eigene Vergangenheit eintaucht und sich das Italien seiner Studentenzeit vergegenwärtigt, nähert er sich der Lösung.

Abstract: Brunetti will gerade zu Bett, als Vianello ihn hinausruft in die kalte Novembernacht: In einem Kanal ragt eine Hand aus dem Wasser. Die Leiche ist schnell geborgen. Um wen es sich handelt, erfährt der Commissario per Zufall. Doch welche Feinde könnte der Tote gehabt haben? Da er sich ohne Papiere in Italien aufhielt, steht die Polizei ohne Spuren da. Erst als Brunetti tief in die eigene Vergangenheit eintaucht und sich das Italien seiner Studentenzeit vergegenwärtigt, nähert er sich der Lösung.