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Temporary Perfections (2010)

by Gianrico Carofiglio

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Series: Guido Guerrieri (4)

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Fiction. Mystery. HTML:The electrifying best-selling crime thriller from Italy, available for the first time in English. An instant sensation and number-one best seller since its publication, Temporary Perfections is the fourth crime novel by former Italian prosecutor Gianrico Carofiglio to feature Guido Guerrieri. A lawyer practicing in Bari, in southwest Italy, Guido Guerrieri is hired by an old colleague to work a missing-persons case that the police have failed to solve. Manuela Ferraro disappeared six months ago after spending a September weekend at a beach resort; as Guerrieri digs deep into her life and activities, he stumbles into a sinister drug ring and the real truth about why Ferraro vanished.
Simultaneously thoughtful and suspenseful, this is crime fiction at its best.
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Quarto libro della serie e stavolta il caso è quello di Manuela, una giovane e bella ragazza sparita nel nulla una domenica pomeriggio dopo essere stata accompagnata in una stazione ferroviaria.
Anche questo libro, scritto con la consueta bravura da Carofiglio, non fa che riconfermare il mio amore per questa serie e per l’avvocato Guido Guerrieri.
Un altro libro indimenticabile e imperdibile.
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  Raffaella10 | Jan 28, 2023 |
Lawyer Guido Guerreri is contacted by another attorney, with a request to help a grieving family review the investigation of the police into the disappearance of their daughter. Guerreri is not sure what to do so he does a little digging, and then eventually figures out what happened by asking the right questions and having the smarts to think about things in his thorough way. He is a wonderful character. I especially liked his discussions/relationship with Mister Bag, his heavy punching bag. ( )
  skipstern | Jul 11, 2021 |
A bout of flu with a bronchitis chaser saw me struggling with the history of science and such like that I’m trying to focus on at the moment....

http://alittleteaalittlechat.wordpress.com/2013/07/04/carofiglio-continued/ ( )
  bringbackbooks | Jun 16, 2020 |
A bout of flu with a bronchitis chaser saw me struggling with the history of science and such like that I’m trying to focus on at the moment....

http://alittleteaalittlechat.wordpress.com/2013/07/04/carofiglio-continued/ ( )
  bringbackbooks | Jun 16, 2020 |
Eine ungewöhnliche Aufgabe für Avvocato Guido Guerrieri: Manuela, eine Studentin aus Rom, ist spurlos verschwunden, und der Polizei fehlt jeglicher Hinweis. Nun soll die Akte geschlossen werden – doch die verzweifelten Eltern bitten Guerrieri, dies zu verhindern. Schnell wird klar, dass er hier weniger juristisch nach einem Formfehler zu suchen hat, als vielmehr nach einer Möglichkeit, das unerklärte Verschwinden der jungen Frau doch noch aufzuklären und seinen Auftraggebern Gewissheit über das Schicksal ihrer Tochter zu verschaffen.
Und je mehr Guerrieri nachforscht, desto deutlicher wird, dass all jene, die Manuela gut kannten, mehr wissen, als sie sagen – und mit allen Mitteln versuchen, die grausame Wahrheit zu verbergen …
  Fredo68 | May 14, 2020 |
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Info su: http://www.librinews.com/2009/12/16/l...

Ci sono personaggi che prendono il sopravvento alla fantasia degli scrittori guidandone la penna e quasi costringendoli a tracciarne la nuova trama, i nuovi intrighi, le storie che si autoscrivono in una trance narrativa dalla quale è quasi impossibile svegliarsi.

Crediamo sia il caso di Guido Guerrieri, l’avvocato più famoso del romanzo giudiziario italiano, creato dalla fantasia di Gianrico Carofiglio, che passeggiando per le strade di Bari, una città assolata e notturna, raffinata e underground, sentimentale e spietata, si batte ancora per amore di giustizia.

«Un personaggio meravigliosamente convincente» recita il Times, un personaggio diventato quasi più famoso del suo autore (Montalbano docet), che non ci sta ad essere messo da parte, protesta, s’indigna, scalpita e torna, torna sempre, per la sua e per la nostra soddisfazione.

Questa lunga premessa per segnalare che l’antieroe per eccellenza, l’avvocato Guido Guerrieri, tornerà in libreria dal 14 gennaio 2010 con il romanzo ‘Le perfezioni provvisorie’ di Gianrico Carofiglio, pubblicato da Sellerio Editore Palermo.
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Fiction. Mystery. HTML:The electrifying best-selling crime thriller from Italy, available for the first time in English. An instant sensation and number-one best seller since its publication, Temporary Perfections is the fourth crime novel by former Italian prosecutor Gianrico Carofiglio to feature Guido Guerrieri. A lawyer practicing in Bari, in southwest Italy, Guido Guerrieri is hired by an old colleague to work a missing-persons case that the police have failed to solve. Manuela Ferraro disappeared six months ago after spending a September weekend at a beach resort; as Guerrieri digs deep into her life and activities, he stumbles into a sinister drug ring and the real truth about why Ferraro vanished.
Simultaneously thoughtful and suspenseful, this is crime fiction at its best.
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