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23%OFFMarco Malvaldi - The Art of Killing Well - 9781782067801 - V9781782067801
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The Art of Killing Well

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Description for The Art of Killing Well Paperback. Pellegrino Artusi, Italy's first celebrity chef, turns detective to save the life of a Tuscan aristocrat and gastronome. Translator(s): Curtis, Howard. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FFH; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 23. Weight in Grams: 136.
Nothing could please a chef more than a chance to learn the secrets of a Baron's castle kitchen. Having travelled the length and breadth of the country compiling his masterpiece, The Science of Cooking and The Art of Eating Well, Pellegrino Artusi relishes the prospect of a few quiet days and a boar hunt in the Tuscan hills. But his peace is short-lived. A body is found in the castle cellar, and the local inspector finds himself baffled by an eccentric array of aristocratic suspects. When the baron himself becomes the target of a second murder ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
138g
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782067801
SKU
V9781782067801
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About Marco Malvaldi
Marco Malvaldi was born in Pisa in 1974, and is both a crime novelist and a chemist. He is best known for his BarLume series set on the Tuscan Coast, and also for The Art of Killing Well, for which he was awarded both the Isola d'Elba Award and the Castiglioncello Prize. Howard Curtis is a ... Read more

Reviews for The Art of Killing Well
'Malvaldi has cooked up a gentle, atmospheric Agatha Christie-esque number with plenty of tongue-in-cheek wit and period detail in a mystery that finishes with a cute and clever twist ... A tasty Michelin three-star book!' Jon Wise, Weekend Sport.
Weekend Sport
'Like a cross between The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared ... Read more

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