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The Seville Communion - Arturo Perez-Reverte
1998 English hardcover first edition, first impression, Harvill, London A fine unread book in near fine unclipped dustwrapper No previous owner names, inscriptions or stamps etc Tightly bound and square, clean contents and cloth The jacket has no loss or tears, clean and bright A superb mystery which features Lorenzo Quart and starts after a computer hacker actually gets into the Pope's own personal computer A lovely clean copy and an uncommon UK 1st For Sale at £45 (approx $76) *DF6 - free delivery worldwide ! |
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Lorenzo Quart was very fond of old cafes. Almost twelve years earlier, when he'd just arrived in Rome to study at the Gregorian University, he'd been immediately captivated by the Gaffe Greco with its imperturbable waiters and two-hundred-year history as a port of call for travellers such as Byron and Stendhal. Now he lived just around the corner, in a top-floor apartment rented by the IEA at 119 Via del Babuino. From the small terrace he had a good view of the church of Trinita dei Monti and the azaleas in bloom on the Spanish Steps. The Greco was his favourite place to read. He'd go and sit there at quiet times of the day, beneath the bust of Victor Emmanuel II, at a table said to have been Giacomo Casanova's and Louis of Bavaria's. "How did Monsignor Corvo take his secretary's death?" Spada was peering at his vermouth. There weren't many people in the cafe: a couple of regulars reading the paper at tables at the back, a smartly dressed woman with Armani and Valentino shopping bags talking into a mobile, and some English tourists taking photos of each other at the bar. The woman with the phone seemed to make the archbishop uncomfortable. He glanced disapprovingly at her before answering Quart. "He took it badly. Very badly, in fact. He swore to raze the church to the ground." Quart shook his head. "That sounds extreme. A building doesn't have a will. And certainly not to cause harm." "I hope not." The Mastiff looked serious. "Better for everyone that way." "You don't think Monsignor Corvo's simply looking for an excuse to demolish the church and have done with it?" "It's definitely an excuse. But there's something else. The archbishop has a personal grudge against that church, or against its priest. Or both." |
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