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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Penguin Pr
Publication date June 30, 2005
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9781594200618
ISBN-10 1594200610
Dimensions 1 by 5.50 by 9.25 in.
Weight 1.10 lbs.
Availability§ Apply Direct
Original list price $16.00
§As reported by publisher
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Summary
Traces the aftermath of the 1996 Venice opera house fire, an event that devastated Venetian society and was investigated by the author, who through interviews with local figures learned about the region's rich cultural history.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: It was seven years ago that Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil achieved a record-breaking four-year run on the New York Times bestseller list. John Berendt's inimitable brand of nonfiction brought the dark mystique of Savannah so startlingly to life for millions of people that tourism to Savannah increased by 46%. It is Berendt and only Berendt who can capture Venice--a city of masks, a city of riddles, where the narrow, meandering passageways form a giant maze, confounding all who have not grown up wandering into its depths. Venice, a city steeped in a thousand years of history, art and architecture, teeters in precarious balance between endurance and decay. Its architectural treasures crumble--foundations shift, marble ornaments fall--even as efforts to preserve them are underway.

THE CITY OF FALLING ANGELS opens on the evening of January 29, 1996, when a dramatic fire destroys the historic Fenice opera house. The loss of the Fenice, where five of Verdi's operas premiered, is a catastrophe for Venetians. Arriving in Venice three days after the fire, Berendt becomes a kind of detective--inquiring into the nature of life in this remarkable museum-city-- while gradually revealing the truth about the fire. In the course of his investigations, Berendt introduces us to a rich cast of characters: a prominent Venetian poet whose shocking 'suicide' prompts his skeptical friends to pursue a murder suspect on their own; the First Family of American expatriates who lose possession of the family palace after four generations of ownership; an organization of high-society, party-going Americans who raise money to preserve the art and architecture of Venice, while quarreling in public among themselves, questioning each other's motives and drawing startled Venetians into the fray; a contemporary Venetian surrealist painter and outrageous provocateur; the master glassblower of Venice; and numerous others--stool-pigeons, scapegoats, hustlers, sleepwalkers, believers in Martians, the Plant Man, the Rat Man, and Henry James.

Berendt tells a tale full of atmosphere and surprise as the stories build, one after the other, ultimately coming together to reveal a world as finely drawn as a still-life painting. The fire and its aftermath serve as a leitmotif that runs throughout, adding to the elements of chaos, corruption and crime, and contributing to the ever-mounting suspense of this brilliant audiobook.

Bonus feature includes an exclusive interview with the author!


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Editions
Hardcover
Book cover for 9780375435386 Book cover for 9781594200588
 
Large print edition from Random House Large Print (October 4, 2005)
9780375435386 | details & prices | 569 pages | 6.00 × 9.75 × 1.50 in. | 1.75 lbs | List price $27.95
About: Traces the aftermath of the 1996 Venice opera house fire, an event that devastated Venetian society and was investigated by the author, who through interviews with local figures learned about the region's rich cultural history.
from Penguin USA (September 27, 2005)
9781594200588 | details & prices | 414 pages | 6.00 × 9.50 × 1.50 in. | 1.40 lbs | List price $25.95
About: Traces the aftermath of the 1996 Venice opera house fire, an event that devastated Venetian society and was investigated by the author, who through interviews with local figures learned about the region's rich cultural history.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780143036937 Book cover for 9781594200618
 
from Penguin USA (September 26, 2006)
9780143036937 | details & prices | 414 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $18.00
About: Traces the aftermath of the 1996 Venice opera house fire, an event that devastated Venetian society and was investigated by the author, who through interviews with local figures learned about the region's rich cultural history.
The price comparison is for this edition
from Penguin Pr (June 30, 2005); titled "City of Falling Angels"
9781594200618 | details & prices | 5.50 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $16.00
About: Traces the aftermath of the 1996 Venice opera house fire, an event that devastated Venetian society and was investigated by the author, who through interviews with local figures learned about the region's rich cultural history.
CD/Spoken Word
Book cover for 9780739308783 Book cover for 9780739311479
 
Abridged edition from Random House (September 27, 2005)
9780739311479 | details & prices | 5.75 × 6.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $29.95
About: Traces the aftermath of the 1996 Venice opera house fire, an event that devastated Venetian society and was investigated by the author, who through interviews with local figures learned about the region's rich cultural history.
With Holter Graham (other contributor) | Unabridged edition from Random House (September 27, 2005)
9780739308783 | details & prices | 5.00 × 6.00 × 1.50 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $44.95
About: Traces the aftermath of the 1996 Venice opera house fire, an event that devastated Venetian society and was investigated by the author, who through interviews with local figures learned about the region's rich cultural history.
Cassette/Spoken Word
Book cover for 9780739308813
 
With Holter Graham (other contributor) | Unabridged edition from Random House (September 27, 2005)
9780739308813 | details & prices | 4.50 × 6.25 × 2.75 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $39.95
About: Traces the aftermath of the 1996 Venice opera house fire, an event that devastated Venetian society and was investigated by the author, who through interviews with local figures learned about the region's rich cultural history.

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