Description
| Product ID: | 9781913394486 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Guido Guerrieri |
| Title: | The Measure of Time |
| Authors: | Author: Gianrico Carofiglio |
| Page Count: | 248 |
| Subjects: | Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime and mystery fiction, Crime & mystery |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The latest in the Guido Guerrieri series. The setting is Bari in Southern Italy. Against his own instincts, defence attorney Guerrieri takes on an appeal against what looks like an unassailable murder conviction. The alleged perpetrator is the son of a former lover. A taught legal thriller and a meditation about the ravages of time. Guerrieri had fallen in love decades earlier with Lorenza, a beautiful older woman who was in his eyes sophisticated and intellectual, but ultimately treated him as a plaything and discarded him. One spring afternoon Lorenza shows up in Guerrieri''s office. Her son stands convicted of the first-degree murder of a local drug dealer. Her trial lawyer has died, so for the appeal, she turns to Guerrieri. Despite his misgivings, he accepts the case; perhaps to pay a melancholy homage to the ghosts of his youth. |
| Imprint Name: | Bitter Lemon Press |
| Publisher Name: | Bitter Lemon Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-03-18 |
