End Games (Aurelio Zen) - Softcover

"Brims with clever reveals, elegant imagery, elaborate word play, violent shocks, refined and ribald jokes. . . . Something different from the ordinary detective story."--"The Wall Street Journal" "A sterling example of why both Dibdin and Zen will be sorely missed on the crime fiction front."--"The Boston Globe" "Clever and exuberantly witty. . . . Captures . . . the Italian national character in all its unruly glory."--"The New York Times ""A terrific stylist, prolific and protean. . . . The story is a fitting conclusion to a career that ended too soon."--"The Seattle Times" "Didbin's Italy-based Aurelio Zen tales are among the best in the mystery genre." --"The Boston Globe ""Didbin has an abundance of gifts: bracing wit, the ability to wring unexpected poignance out of dark comedy, and a gift for striking imagery." --"The Wall Street Journal ""Didbin belongs to that hierarchy of innovative stylists who make it a point of honor never to repeat a singal trick." --"The New York Times Book Review ""Didbin's work deserves comparison with such...giants as Raymond Chandler." --"The Oregonian ""Didbin is esential reading for those who love mysteries and Italy without illusions." --"The Washington Post" "From the Hardcover edition." "Supremely talented and enormously witty." -- "Globe and Mail" "One of an elite cadre of crime fiction writers for whom literary critics break out all of their favorite adjectives." -- "January Magazine" "Michael Dibdin's policiers are more addictive than crack cocaine." -- "The Guardian" (U.K.) "[Dibdin] remains a class act, his vignettes of Italy as sharp as ever, his laconic hero impossible to resist." -- "Sunday Telegraph" (U.K.) " Supremely talented and enormously witty. " -- Globe and Mail " One of an elite cadre of crime fiction writers for whom literary critics break out all of their favorite adjectives. " -- January Magazine " Michael Dibdin ' s policiers are more addictive than crack cocaine. " -- The Guardian (U.K.) " [Dibdin] remains a class act, his vignettes of Italy as sharp as ever, his laconic hero impossible to resist. " -- Sunday Telegraph (U.K.) " Supremely talented and enormously witty." -- "Globe and Mail" " One of an elite cadre of crime fiction writers for whom literary critics break out all of their favorite adjectives." -- "January Magazine" " Michael Dibdin' s policiers are more addictive than crack cocaine." -- "The Guardian" (U.K.) " [Dibdin] remains a class act, his vignettes of Italy as sharp as ever, his laconic hero impossible to resist." -- "Sunday Telegraph" (U.K.)