Venice, portrayed in all her beauty, mystery, and hidden secrets . . . Set in 2006, this novel follows twenty-five-year-old architect Pietro Contarini, descendant of a Venetian patrician family, as he struggles to find his place in the world of his ancestors and in modern-day Venice. He has a lucrative job with Vittorio Pisani, an ambitious real-estate developer. Over the course of three months, Pietro's encounters with Alessandro Zane and Maddalena...