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Publication date 1957 Media type Print (Hardcover) ISBN 1590172221 | 3.7/5 Goodreads Published in English 1965 Originally published 1957 Publisher Aldo Garzanti Page count 400 (NYRB edition) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Original title 'Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana' Similar Carlo Emilio Gadda books, Classical Studies books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
That Awful Mess on Via Merulana is an Italian novel by Carlo Emilio Gadda, first published in Italy by Garzanti Editore s.p.a. in 1957. An English translation by William Weaver was published in 1965.
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Plot summary
In fascist Italy in 1927, Detective Francesco Ingravallo, known to friends as Don Ciccio, is called in to investigate the murder of Liliana Balducci, a well-to-do woman who happens to be a close friend. As Don Ciccio and his colleagues dig deeper into the grisly murder, the mechanics of the detective novel take a backseat to the wordplay and experimentation with which Gadda presents a panorama of life in early fascist Rome.
Reception
That Awful Mess on Via Merulana was well received in Italian literary circles.
References
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