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100 1 $aMalvaldi, Marco,$d1974-$eauthor.
240 10 $aBriscola in cinque.$lEnglish
245 10 $aGame for five /$cMarco Malvaldi ; translated from the Italian by Howard Curtis.
250 $aFirst publication 2014 by Europa Editions.
264 1 $aNew York, N.Y. :$bEuropa Editions,$c2014.
300 $a140 pages ;$c21 cm.
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337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
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490 1 $aWorld noir
490 1 $aA Bar Lume mystery
500 $aTranslation of La briscola in cinque.
520 $aAt the Bar Lume, in a small coastal resort near Livorno, between shots of espresso and hands of cards, four old-timers and Massimo, the barman, wile away the time chatting, arguing, and theorizing about the murder of a young woman in their town. The girl's body was found in a dumpster bin on the edge of town. The victim's now notoriously licentious lifestyle has everyone thinking that her death had something to do with the world of drug trafficking and dangerous sex that she inhabited. The prime suspects in the case are two of the girl's nightlife associates. But out of love of gossip and just to pass the time, the group of old friends at the Bar Lume begin to pull the case to pieces, forcing the Barman Massimo into the role of amateur sleuth. Here is a victory for pensioners! The four old-timers analyze the crime and the suspects, contextualizing both, and in the process put a comic spin on their often narrow-minded neighbors. From this "investigation," in Malvadi's lively and colorful prose, emerges a fascinating picture of life in a small town that, for all its faults, stubbornly resists the devastation of mindless.
650 0 $aMurder$xInvestigation$vFiction.
650 0 $aBartenders$vFiction.
650 0 $aOlder men$zItaly$vFiction.
650 0 $aCity and town life$zItaly$vFiction.
651 0 $aItaly$vFiction.
655 7 $aNoir fiction.$2gsafd
655 7 $aMystery fiction.$2gsafd
700 1 $aCurtis, Howard,$d1949-$etranslator.
830 0 $aWorld noir.
800 1 $aMalvaldi, Marco,$d1974-$tBar Lume mystery.
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