Back to Bologna
Back to Bologna by Michael Dibdin, published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on September 19, 2006, is a 240-page work presented in English. This installment in Dibdin’s Italian mystery series features Aurelio Zen, who is called to Bologna, Italy’s culinary capital, to investigate the murder of a local industrialist. Initially perceived as a straightforward case, the investigation quickly becomes complex, revealing unexpected connections and challenges.
Readers will find a narrative that intertwines various elements, including the investigation of the industrialist’s death, the involvement of a student semiotics, and a self-proclaimed royal immigrant. The story also touches on the dynamics of Bologna’s culinary scene, as a prominent academic questions the authenticity of a celebrity chef. Back to Bologna explores themes of crime and psychological intrigue, offering insights into contemporary Italian society while maintaining a balance of humor and seriousness.
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In the latest installment in his critically acclaimed Italian mystery series, Michael Didbin sends Aurelio Zen to Italy’s culinary capital, Bologna, where he discovers that some cases are not quite what they appear to be.
When the corpse of the shady Bologna industrialist who owns the local football team is found both shot and stabbed with a Parmesan knife, Aurelio Zen is summoned to oversee the investigation. Anxious for a break from his girlfriend, who attributes Zen’s slow recovery from routine surgery to hypochondria, he is only too happy to take on what first appears to be an undemanding assignment. The case quickly spins out of control, becoming entangled with the fates of a student semiotics, a mysterious immigrant claiming to be royalty, and Bologna’s most incompetent private detective. Meanwhile a prominent postmodern academic accuses Italy’s leading celebrity chef of being a fraud. Back to Bologna is dazzlingly plotted and delivers both comic and serious insights into the realities of today’s Italy.
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