A Refiner's Fire
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In the thirty-third installment of Donna Leon's magnificent series, Commissario Guido Brunetti confronts a present-day Venetian menace and the ghosts of a heroism that never was
Around one AM on an early spring morning, two teenage gangs are arrested after clashing violently in one of Venice's squares. Commissario Claudia Griffoni, on duty that night, perhaps ill-advisedly walks the last of the boys home because his father, Dario Monforte, failed to pick him up at the Questura. Coincidentally, Guido Brunetti is asked by a wealthy friend of Vice-Questore Patta to vet Monforte for a job, triggering Brunetti's memory that twenty years earlier Monforte had been publicly celebrated as the hero of a devastating bombing of the Italian military compound in Iraq. Yet Monforte had never been awarded a medal either by the Carabinieri, his service branch, or by the Italian government.
That seeming contradiction, and the brutal attack on one of Brunetti's colleagues, Enzo Bocchese, by a possible gang member, concentrate Brunetti's attentions. Surprisingly empowered by Patta, supported by Signorina Elettra's extraordinary research abilities and by his wife, Paola's, empathy, Brunetti, with Griffoni, gradually discovers the sordid hypocrisy surrounding Monforte's past, culminating in a fiery meeting of two gangs and a final opportunity for redemption.
A Refiner's Fire is Donna Leon at her very best: an elegant, sophisticated storyteller whose indelible characters become richer with each book, and who constantly explores the ambiguity between moral and legal justice.
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Donna Leon. (2024). A Refiner's Fire. Grove Atlantic.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Donna Leon. 2024. A Refiner's Fire. Grove Atlantic.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Donna Leon, A Refiner's Fire. Grove Atlantic, 2024.
MLA Citation (style guide)Donna Leon. A Refiner's Fire. Grove Atlantic, 2024.
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Around one AM on an early spring morning, two teenage gangs are arrested after clashing violently in one of Venice's squares. Commissario Claudia Griffoni, on duty that night, perhaps ill-advisedly walks the last of the boys home because his father, Dario Monforte, failed to pick him up at the Questura. Coincidentally, Guido Brunetti is asked by a wealthy friend of Vice-Questore Patta to vet Monforte for a job, triggering Brunetti's memory that twenty years earlier Monforte had been publicly celebrated as the hero of a devastating bombing of the Italian military compound in Iraq. Yet Monforte had never been awarded a medal either by the Carabinieri, his service branch, or by the Italian government.
That seeming contradiction, and the brutal attack on one of Brunetti's colleagues, Enzo Bocchese, by a possible gang member, concentrate Brunetti's attentions. Surprisingly empowered by Patta, supported by Signorina Elettra's extraordinary research abilities and by his wife, Paola's, empathy, Brunetti, with Griffoni, gradually discovers the sordid hypocrisy surrounding Monforte's past, culminating in a fiery meeting of two gangs and a final opportunity for redemption.
A Refiner's Fire is Donna Leon at her very best: an elegant, sophisticated storyteller whose indelible characters become richer with each book, and who constantly explores the ambiguity between moral and legal justice.
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May 1, 2024
There are certainly more violent crimes that inspire gripping police procedurals, but in the thirty-third installment of Leon's beloved Venetian mystery series showcasing the emotional depth and intellectual acumen of Commissario Guido Brunetti, a late-night dustup between teenage rival gangs has far-reaching impact. Maybe the altercation has less to do with what the "baby gangs" are doing than what the father of one teen did as a member of the Carabinieri police force. The national press once regarded Dario Monforte as a hero for his actions during a terrorist bombing in the Iraq war, yet Brunetti can find no official acknowledgement of his alleged act of valor. When Monforte's son is caught up in the gang activity, Brunetti's colleague Claudia Griffoni takes a special interest in the boy's demeanor and background, leading to charges of scandalous impropriety. With the understated elegance and empathy imbued throughout this internationally acclaimed series, Leon once again examines the confluence of solid police work with issues of redemption and social justice.HIGH-DEMAND BACKSTORY: Following Leon's memoir, Wandering through Life (2023), her fans will be even more intrigued by the latest Brunetti investigation.COPYRIGHT(2024) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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