{"id":5536,"date":"2015-11-29T10:12:47","date_gmt":"2015-11-29T15:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=5536"},"modified":"2021-06-03T17:52:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T21:52:54","slug":"by-its-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/5536","title":{"rendered":"By its Cover"},"content":{"rendered":"

By its Cover<\/a><\/em> (2014) Donna Leon<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>At last, we reach the books I had not yet read.<\/p>\n

The 23rd book finds Brunetti called to investigate the theft of both books and pages cut from old and rare books.<\/p>\n

Old books had always filled Brunetti with nostalgia for centuries in which he had not lived.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

…<\/p>\n

\u2018You get any fingerprints from those books?\u2019 he asked, not having had time to speak to Vianello before now.
\nVianello took a sip of his wine and said, \u2018I\u2019ve never seen those two lab guys so close to tears, both of them.\u2019
\n\u2018Why?\u2019 Brunetti asked, and took a bite of his egg and tuna.
\n\u2018You ever think of how many people touch a book in a library?\u2019 Vianello set his glass down and picked up a sandwich.
\n\u2018Oddio,\u2019 Brunetti said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This story, of course, gives us plenty of chances to see Brunetti (and Paola)’s love of books.<\/p>\n

we started talking.\u2019
\n\u2018About his book?\u2019
\n\u2018No,\u2019 she said adamantly. \u2018I don\u2019t read.\u2019
\nBrunetti nodded in understanding, as if this were the most normal thing in the world.
\n\u2018We talked about things. Real things.\u2019
\nTake that, books, Brunetti thought.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As always, Brunetti says \/ thinks something that tugs at me.<\/p>\n

Much as he chided himself for his unmanly behaviour, he could never overcome the continual fear that \u2013 in this most peaceful of cities \u2013 Paola was somehow in peril the instant she was out of his sight.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I liked this book, not just because it is about books, but because the mystery was good and the characters were so very real.
\nRating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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