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Plevna Branch | Fiction MYSTERY Frutt | Copies Available |
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Sydenham Branch | Fiction MYSTERY Frutt | On loan until: 24/May/25 |
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| Title Statement | Runaway horses / Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini ; translated by Gregory Dowling. |
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| Author | Fruttero, Carlo |
| Additional Contributors | Lucentini, Franco |
| Dowling, Gregory | |
| Publication | London: Bitter Lemon Press,2025. |
| Extent of Item | 208 pages ; |
| ISBN | 9781916725034 (trade paperback) |
| Other Number | pr07673865 |
| General Notes | "First published in Italian in 1983 as "Il palio delle contrade morte" by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., Milano"--Title page verso. |
| Languages | English translated from the Italian. |
| Summary | "Siena, one of Italy's most beautiful cities, visited by all discerning travellers to Tuscany, is feverishly preparing for the Palio, a horse race dating back to the Middle Ages held every summer in the centre of the town, famously described by Rick Steves as "The World's Most Insane Horse Race". Milanese lawyer Enzo Maggione and his wife Valeria are unwittingly caught up in the maelstrom of plots, counterplots and bribes surrounding the race. They are even witnesses to the violent death of Puddu, the Palio's most celebrated jockey, found dead the day before the race."-- |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Horse racing--Fiction |
| Murder--Fiction--Investigation | |
| Palio festivals--Fiction | |
| By Name | Palio di Siena (Festival)(Siena, Italy)--Fiction |
| By Location | Siena (Italy)--Fiction |
| By Genre | Detective and mystery fiction |
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