# The Lover of No Fixed Abode by Carlo Fruttero Franco Lucentini (Paperback)

**"Doyens of the Italian detective story, Fruttero and Lucentini, offer a perfect blend of the comedy of manners and the macabre..." ---Tim Parks, author of _Hotel Milano_**

**Selected by Tracy Chevalier for the WSJ as first among the five best books on Venice: "...distinctive, eccentric, seductive."**

**A passionate affair set in Venice between a Roman princess searching for undervalued paintings and a mysterious tour guide. A****rt shenanigans become unavoidable, but the guide's true identity is the mystery that drives the story.**

Their passion will last three days, long enough to be exposed to unscrupulous art dealers and scammers passing off worthless paintings as part of a famous collection. She goes to cosmopolitan parties given by Venetian social and art glitterati. Mr Silvera, a guide whose erudition and distinction sharply contrast with his beat-up suitcase and stain-spotted raincoat, drags his shabby tourists from monument to monument.

Around them are the canals and lagoons of Venice, a city which becomes a character in the novel in its own right.

**John Powers on NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross - calls _Lover of No Fixed Abode_ his favorite mystery novel of the year:** "Shimmering with wit and bursting with an insider's knowledge of Venice, The Lover of No Fixed Abode builds to a solution so unexpected that not one person in a million will guess it. It's a minor classic."

**" An undiscovered gem, witty, moving and enthrallingly atmospheric." Philip Gwynne Jones, author of _The Venetian Legacy_.**

**"Sparkling and stylish, this is both a mystery and a mischievous comedy of manners which brings the city and its lagoon to life."---_CrimeTime_**

## Details

- **Price:** 8.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** Bitter Lemon Press
- **Tags:** All Books, Fiction, Thrillers

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