false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176143947m/596986.jpg 596986 8 In a large apartment house in central Rome, two crimes are committed within a matter of days: a burglary, in which a good deal of money and precious jewels are taken, and a murder, as a young woman whose husband is out of town is found with her throat cut. Called in to investigate, melancholy Detective Ciccio, a secret admirer of the murdered woman and a friend of her husband's, discovers that almost everyone in the apartment building is somehow involved in the case, and with each new development the mystery only deepens and broadens. Gadda's sublimely different detective story presents a scathing picture of fascist Italy while tracking the elusiveness of the truth, the impossibility of proof, and the infinite complexity of the workings of fate, showing how they come into conflict with the demands of justice and love. Italo Calvino, Pier Paolo Pasolini, and Alberto Moravia all considered <i>That Awful Mess on the Via Merulana</i> to be the great modern Italian novel. Unquestionably, it is a work of universal significance and protean genius: a rich social novel, a comic opera, an act of political resistance, a blazing feat of baroque wordplay, and a haunting story of life and death. 660246 book 1957 That Awful Mess On The Via Merulana total:78|5:20|4:18|3:22|2:9|1:9| 78 265 181 27 596986 1590172221 9781590172223 73 25 3.40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176143947m/596986.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/596986.That_Awful_Mess_On_The_Via_Merulana 2 1 false Thu Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jan 11 06:01:21 -0800 2008 Sat May 10 17:41:38 -0700 2008
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This book is like read...more...]]> 596986 1590172221 9781590172223 73 25 3.40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176143947m/596986.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/596986.That_Awful_Mess_On_The_Via_Merulana 1 0 false Thu Jun 21 14:22:24 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 17 20:46:58 -0700 2007 more...]]> 596986 1590172221 9781590172223 73 25 3.40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176143947m/596986.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/596986.That_Awful_Mess_On_The_Via_Merulana 1 0 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Apr 23 18:15:50 -0700 2007 Mon Mar 03 13:07:36 -0800 2008 Awful Mess on the shelf while looking for a new book to read. Introduction by Calvino! I love Calvino (if he thought it was great, it must be)! And that slic...more...]]> 596986 1590172221 9781590172223 73 25 3.40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176143947m/596986.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/596986.That_Awful_Mess_On_The_Via_Merulana 5 0 false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 15:09:47 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 15:10:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 596986 1590172221 9781590172223 73 25 3.40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176143947m/596986.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/596986.That_Awful_Mess_On_The_Via_Merulana 3 0 false Sat Oct 11 22:30:47 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 11:10:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3114263 0807610933 9780807610930 2 2 3.40 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1214330550m/3114263.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3114263.That_Awful_Mess_on_Via_Merulana 3 0 false Tue Jun 24 11:00:25 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 11:51:23 -0700 2008
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