{"id":5477,"date":"2015-11-02T20:37:55","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T01:37:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=5477"},"modified":"2018-04-26T09:36:06","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T13:36:06","slug":"willful-behavior-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5477","title":{"rendered":"Willful Behavior"},"content":{"rendered":"

Willful Behavior<\/a><\/em> (2002) Donna Leon<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The eleventh Commissario Brunetti book finds both Guido and Paola involved in the favors and requests that pervade Venice (and Italy).<\/p>\n

\u2018But you have to let me do something for you.\u2019
\n\u2018All right, you can,\u2019 Brunetti said immediately.
\n\u2018Good. What? Anything.\u2019
\n\u2018The next time we eat at the restaurant, ask Signora Maria to give Paola the recipe for the filling she makes for the mussels.\u2019
\nThere was a long pause, but finally Marco said, as much in sorrow as in earnest, \u2018That\u2019s blackmail. She\u2019d never do it.\u2019
\n\u2018It\u2019s too bad Signora Maria didn\u2019t (redacted<\/em>), then.\u2019
\n\u2018No, you wouldn\u2019t get it, even then,\u2019 Marco said, resigned. \u2018She\u2019d go to jail before she\u2019d tell you about the mussels.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We also learn more about Paola’s father, the Count Orazio.<\/p>\n

\u2018Orazio doesn\u2019t talk about what happened during the war.\u2019
\nSurprised that Lele should speak so familiarly of a man Brunetti had never addressed, not in more than two decades, by his first name, he asked, \u2018But how do you know about it? From your father?\u2019
\n\u2018Yes, at least part of it. Orazio told me the rest.\u2019
\n\u2018I didn\u2019t know you knew him that well, Lele.\u2019
\n\u2018We fought together with the Partisans for two years.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I like how the Count remains complex and mysterious to Brunetti (and us) no matter how much time passes.<\/p>\n

But, so much of Brunetti remains the same.<\/p>\n

\u2018Do you have the number of Vianello\u2019s telefonino?\u2019
\n\u2018Yes,\u2019 Rizzardi answered. \u2018Why don\u2019t you have your own?\u2019
\n\u2018I do. But I keep leaving it at work or at home.\u2019
\n\u2018Why doesn\u2019t Vianello just give you his?\u2019
\n\u2018He\u2019s afraid I\u2019ll lose it.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2018Is that why you do it?\u2019
\n\u2018No, not entirely. I think part of it is that I\u2019m nosy by nature, and I always want to know how the story will end or how or why it got started. I want to know why people do things.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I also always want to know why people do things, and like Brunetti, I am often disappointed.
\nRating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by Grove Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Anything.\u2019 \u2018The next time we eat at the restaurant, ask […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,8,42,41],"tags":[97,96],"class_list":["post-5477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-10","category-mystery","category-police","category-reread","tag-commissario-guido-brunetti","tag-donna-leon"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-1ql","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1928,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/1928","url_meta":{"origin":5477,"position":0},"title":"Willful Beahvior","author":"Michelle","date":"September 5, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Willful Behavior (2002) Donna Leon I really hate the way this series is released\/re-released in the US. 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