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(3.53) | 62 | As a young guide for Sunshine Tours, Armino Fabbio leads a pleasant, if humdrum life - until he becomes circumstantially involved in the murder of an old peasant woman in Rome. The woman, he gradually comes to realise, was his family's beloved servant many years ago, in his native town of Ruffano. He returns to his birthplace, and once there, finds it is haunted by the phantom of his brother, Aldo, shot down in flames in '43.Over 500 years before, the sinister Duke Claudio, known as The Falcon, lived his twisted, brutal life, preying on the people of Ruffano. But now it is the 20th century, and the town seems to have forgotten its violent history. But have things really changed? The parallels between the past and present become ever more evident.… (mere) |
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Oplysninger fra den engelske Almen Viden Redigér teksten, så den bliver dansk. Introduction The Flight of the Falcon was published in 1965, coincidentally the year my own family moved to Italy, to the very city where the novel opens: Rome. We were right on time. | |
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▾Referencer Henvisninger til dette værk andre steder. Wikipedia på engelskIngen ▾Bogbeskrivelser As a young guide for Sunshine Tours, Armino Fabbio leads a pleasant, if humdrum life - until he becomes circumstantially involved in the murder of an old peasant woman in Rome. The woman, he gradually comes to realise, was his family's beloved servant many years ago, in his native town of Ruffano. He returns to his birthplace, and once there, finds it is haunted by the phantom of his brother, Aldo, shot down in flames in '43.Over 500 years before, the sinister Duke Claudio, known as The Falcon, lived his twisted, brutal life, preying on the people of Ruffano. But now it is the 20th century, and the town seems to have forgotten its violent history. But have things really changed? The parallels between the past and present become ever more evident. ▾Biblioteksbeskrivelser af bogens indhold No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThingmedlemmers beskrivelse af bogens indhold
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Armino Fabbio er italiener og arbejder som turistfører for et hold englændere (roast beef) og amerikanere (barbarer). De støder på en gammel hjemløs kone og Armino stikker hende en 10.000 lire seddel i hånden. Næste dag bliver hun fundet død; stukket ihjel og uden penge. Armino genkender hende som hans gamle barnepige fra barndommen, Martha.
Hans bror Aldo var pilot og blev skudt ned af de allierede i 1943 og døde.
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Ruffano er en opdigtet by. ( )