Death in August Tapa dura - 2012

UsedGood. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.

Pegasus Books, 2012. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Pegasus Books, 2012. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. An ex-library book and may have standard library stamps and/or stickers. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Pegasus Books, 2012. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

New York: Pegasus Crime, 2012. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good. 9x6x1. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. spine and edge wear; Advance Uncorrected Proofs to the first edition in trade paperback format. A new crime series full of Italian flavor--the first novel in the Inspector Bordelli series, set in 1960s Florence.

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Mint condition. Book has remainder mark on bottom of text block.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Death in August is a book with an identity crisis: it is a psychological novel dressed up as a police procedural but marketed as a cozy mystery novel. The original Italian books, less bound by genre, have dark covers reflecting the dark themes in the series. The English translations offered as Kindle editions sport cozy mystery watercolor covers with a nostalgic tint that completely misrepresent the books' contents. The series is set in the past, in the 1960s to be precise, and it is set there for a reason: to allow Italians to laugh, sometimes wryly, at their former selves, with the benefit of hindsight from the perspective of the world today looking back on a seemingly ancient time. So much social, political and economic change has occurred since the 1960s that looking back on those years really does feel like we are observing an ancient culture.