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Bibliographic Information
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The waters of eternal youth
- Author
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Leon, Donna,
- Publisher:
- Atlantic Monthly Press,
- Pub date:
- [2016]
- Pages:
- 292 pages :
- ISBN:
- 9780802124807
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Item info:
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1 copy available in
Adult mystery shelves.
1 copy total in all locations.
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MYS LEO
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Adult Fiction in Hardcover
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The waters of eternal youth
Leon, Donna,
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The waters of eternal youth
Leon, Donna,
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Personal Author:
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Leon, Donna,
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Title:
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The waters of eternal youth / Donna Leon.
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Physical description:
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292 pages : map ; 24 cm.
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Series Statement:
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(A Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery ; bk. 25)
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General Note:
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"First published in Great Britain in 2016 by William Heinemann"--Title page verso.
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General Note:
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Map on lining papers.
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Summary:
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Fifteen years ago, a teenage girl fell into a canal late at night. Unable to swim, she went under and started to drown, only surviving thanks to a nearby man, an alcoholic, who heard her splashes and pulled her out, though not before she suffered irreparable brain damage that left her in a state of permanent childhood, unable to learn or mature. The drunk man claimed he saw her thrown into the canal by another man, but the following day he couldn't remember a thing. Now, at a fundraising dinner for a Venetian charity, a wealthy and aristocratic patroness -- the girl's grandmother -- asks Brunetti if he will investigate. Brunetti's not sure what to do. If a crime was committed, it would surely have passed the statute of limitations. But out of a mixture of curiosity, pity, and a willingness to fulfill the wishes of a guilt-wracked older woman, who happens to be his mother-in-law's best friend, he agrees. Awash in the rhythms and concerns of contemporary Venetian life, from historical preservation, to housing, to new waves of African migrants, and the haunting story of a woman trapped in a damaged perpetual childhood, Brunetti soon finds himself unable to let the case rest, if indeed there is a case.
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Subject term:
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Brunetti, Guido (Fictitious character)--Fiction.
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Subject term:
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Cold cases (Criminal investigation)--Fiction.
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Subject term:
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People with disabilities--Fiction.
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Subject term:
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Police--Italy--Venice--Fiction.
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Subject term:
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Brunetti, Guido (Fictitious character) (OCoLC)fst00839853
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Subject term:
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Cold cases (Criminal investigation) (OCoLC)fst01736451
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Subject term:
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People with disabilities. (OCoLC)fst01057245
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Subject term:
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Police. (OCoLC)fst01068398
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Geographic term:
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Venice (Italy)--Fiction.
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Geographic term:
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Italy--Venice. fast (OCoLC)fst01204473