The Tempest

by Juan Manuel de Prada

Book Overview

Alejandro Ballesteros, a young Spanish art historian, travels to Venice to study Giorgione's painting The Tempest, but witnesses a murder on his first day. He is then propelled into a dangerous and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585675504
• ISBN13: 9781585675500
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 341 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.3" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

flavorful, evocative thriller

An evocative depiction of decaying Venice. One of the best book I read about my favorite city, written in luminous prose.