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| Original Title: | Lunch With Mussolini |
| ISBN: | 074931995X (ISBN13: 9780749319953) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Lunch with... #2 |
Derek Hansen
Paperback | Pages: 432 pages Rating: 4.26 | 318 Users | 30 Reviews
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In the spring of 1945, with the end of the Second World War in sight, a German officer orders the reprisal shooting of eight woman in a small alpine village near Lake Como.Nearly fifty years later, in a suburb of Sydney, the daughter of one of the victims discovers her mother's executioner quietly living under an assumed name a few streets away.
Aware of the impotence of the law, Colombina is determined to avenge the past. She makes up her mind to confront the old man and make him pay for his crime.
Colombina in turn is forced to confront her own past and her own involvement.
In Lunch with Mussolini four men meet every Thursday to share their passion for storytelling.
Derek Hansen weaves a gripping tale of romance and tragedy, heroism and treachery, which twists and turns to an ending as stunning as it is unexpected.
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| Title | : | Lunch with Mussolini (Lunch with... #2) |
| Author | : | Derek Hansen |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 432 pages |
| Published | : | October 6th 1998 by Random House of Canada, Limited (first published August 1st 1994) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Cultural. Italy. Australia |
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Ratings: 4.26 From 318 Users | 30 ReviewsEvaluation Epithetical Books Lunch with Mussolini (Lunch with... #2)
Great bookDerek Hansen is a master of fiction. How this book has not received more reviews is beyond me. He tells his story through the mouth of Lucio, one of five older men who meet at Gancios restaurant every Thursday. Its Lucios turn to narrate a story but this story proves to be the most challenging of his and their lives. Hansen is impeccable and masterful as he weaves his magic making this book one that is truly impossible to put down.There are a vast number of characters dispersed between the
Hansen has done so many things so well in this novel. I am captivated by the way he uses a solitary, fairly ubiquitous setting - a restaurant in the present tense - to anchor the main story which, as the title suggests, hearkens back to the 1940s. The manner in which the main historical story is entwined with the present tense, the story teller and his audience is clever indeed. As a reader, I felt empathy for the listeners in the novel because they were suddenly confronted with the 'reality'
Great story, as are the other 3 in the series
Wow. I finished this book days ago and have started another. But Im still thinking about it. I learnt so much. This is from the German and Italian perspectives. Beautifully written.
Another brilliant lunch date with these five (Gancio became one of the group in this book) gentlemen. Centres around Hitler's assault on the world with an Italian twist, hence Mussolini and fascism play a strong role. You get to experience history from inside the Italian north at this time and what the partisans were doing for the war effort. The story then reveals a modern day dilemma that gets more intriguing as you read. You can tell these books are so well researched and the writing is
I am loving this series , the author is so clever and presents his stories from the viewpoint of the storyteller which makes you think about other sides. Absolutely brilliant but quite heavy going at times
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