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003    OCoLC 
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008    121004s2018    mdunnnn        z  n eng d 
020    9781501977084 
020    1501977083 
028 01 C05035|bRecorded Books 
035    (OCoLC)1024108302 
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049    CKEA 
050  4 PT2667.I5617|bT3613 2018 
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100 1  Giordano, Mario,|d1963-|eauthor. 
245 10 Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian lions :|ba novel /|cMario 
       Giordano ; translated by John Brownjohn. 
250    Unabridged. 
264  1 Prince Frederick, Md. :|bRecorded Books,|c[2018] 
264  4 |c℗2018 
300    8 audio discs (9 hr., 30 min.) :|bdigital ;|c4 3/4 in. 
336    spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 
337    audio|bs|2rdamedia 
338    audio disc|bsd|2rdacarrier 
344    digital|boptical|c1.4 m. per second|hDigital recording
       |2rda 
347    audio file|bCD audio|2rda 
490 1  Auntie Poldi ;|v[bk. 1] 
500    In container (17 cm.). 
500    Title from container. 
511 0  Narrated by Matt Addis. 
520    Auntie Poldi, sassy, brassy and sixty, moves to Sicily for
       a quiet alcohol-fuelled retirement. A murder spoils her 
       plans. This is the first novel in a charming new mystery 
       series set in Sicily and laced with Italian sensuality and
       humor. It features an amateur sleuth, the sassy and foul-
       mouthed Auntie Poldi. Recently widowed Poldi moves to 
       Sicily in order to quietly drink herself to death with a 
       sea view, but fate intervenes. When she finds the corpse 
       of a young man on the beach, his face blown off with a 
       sawn-off shotgun, she becomes a potential suspect in his 
       murder case. Poldi soon falls for the gorgeous Commissario
       Montana who has been assigned to lead the case. They form 
       an investigative-and romantic-partnership. The delightful 
       details of this romance, and the extreme awkwardness of 
       Poldi's retelling it to her mortified nephew, are some of 
       the novel's many high points. Sicily, a vivid backdrop, is
       an island of people obsessed with food. They talk 
       passionately about which remote village produces the best 
       olives, pistachio ice cream, oyster mushrooms, mandarins, 
       and marzipan, and about which restaurant serves the best 
       pasta al nero di sepia or canolli a la crema di ricotta. 
       And there is never a direct reference to the mafia ("an 
       invention of those fascists in the North"), even when 
       confronted with murders committed with sawn-off shotguns. 
538    Compact disc. 
650  0 Widows|vFiction. 
650  0 Murder|xInvestigation|vFiction. 
650  0 Man-woman relationships|vFiction. 
650  7 FICTION|xHumorous|xGeneral.|2bisacsh 
650  7 Man-woman relationships.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01007080 
650  7 Murder|xInvestigation.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01029788 
650  7 Widows.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01174951 
651  0 Sicily (Italy)|vFiction. 
651  7 Italy|zSicily.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204499 
655  7 Audiobooks.|2lcgft 
655  7 Detective and mystery fiction.|2lcgft 
655  7 Audiobooks.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01726208 
655  7 Fiction.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423787 
700 1  Addis, Matt,|enarrator. 
700 1  Brownjohn, John,|etranslator. 
710 2  Recorded Books, Inc. 
800 1  Giordano, Mario,|d1963-|tAuntie Poldi ;|vbk. 1. 
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