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About Face 

 (Guido Brunetti, book 18)

by

Donna LeonAbout Face (2009)
(Book 18 in the Guido Brunetti series)
A novel by Donna Leon

 
Donna Leon's eighteen novels have won her countless fans, heaps of critical acclaim, and a place among the top ranks of international crime writers. Through the warm-hearted, perceptive, and principled Commissario Guido Brunetti, Leon's best-selling books have explored Venice in all its aspects: history, tourism, high culture, food, family, but also violent crime and political corruption.

In About Face, Leon returns to one of her signature subjects: the environment, which has reached a crisis in Italy. Incinerators across the south of Italy are at full capacity, burning who-knows-what and releasing unacceptable levels of dangerous air pollutants, while in Naples, enormous garbage piles grow in the streets. In Venice, with the polluted waters of the canals and a major chemical complex across the lagoon, the issue is never far from the fore.

Environmental concerns become significant in Brunetti's work when an investigator from the Carabiniere, looking into the illegal hauling of garbage, asks for a favor. But the investigator is not the only one with a special request. His father-in-law needs help and a mysterious woman comes into the picture. Brunetti soon finds himself in the middle of an investigation into murder and corruption more dangerous than anything he's seen before.

Genre: Mystery
 
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Hardback Editions

August 2009 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 1410417158Title: About Face (Thorndike Mystery)
Author(s): Donna Leon
ISBN: 1-4104-1715-8 / 978-1-4104-1715-2 (USA edition)
Publisher: Thorndike Press
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April 2009 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0434019437Title: About Face
Author(s): Donna Leon
ISBN: 0-434-01943-7 / 978-0-434-01943-4 (UK edition)
Publisher: William Heinemann
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April 2009 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0802118968Title: About Face (A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery)
Author(s): Donna Leon
ISBN: 0-8021-1896-8 / 978-0-8021-1896-7 (USA edition)
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
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Paperback Editions

July 2010 : Paperback
Title: About Face
Author(s): Donna Leon
ISBN: 1-4084-3120-3 / 978-1-4084-3120-7 (UK edition)
Publisher: Paragon
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March 2010 : Mass Market Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0099547325Title: SOS Title Unknown
Author(s): Donna Leon
ISBN: 0-09-954732-5 / 978-0-09-954732-7 (UK edition)
Publisher: Non Basic Stock Line
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March 2010 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0099533367Title: About Face
Author(s): Donna Leon
ISBN: 0-09-953336-7 / 978-0-09-953336-8 (UK edition)
Publisher: Arrow
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March 2010 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0143116592Title: About Face (Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries)
Author(s): Donna Leon
ISBN: 0-14-311659-2 / 978-0-14-311659-2 (UK edition)
Publisher: Penguin Books
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April 2009 : Paperback
Cover of ISBN: 0434019445Title: About Face
Author(s): Donna Leon
ISBN: 0-434-01944-5 / 978-0-434-01944-1 (UK edition)
Publisher: William Heinemann
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Audio Editions

April 2009 : Audio CD
Cover of ISBN: 1602835667Title: About Face (Commissario Brunetti Novels)
Author(s): Donna Leon
ISBN: 1-60283-566-7 / 9781602835665 (USA edition)
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks America
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April 2009 : Audio CD
Cover of ISBN: 1846571871Title: About Face
Author(s): Donna Leon
ISBN: 1-84657-187-1 / 9781846571879 (UK edition)
Publisher: Audiobooks
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November 2009 : Kindle edition
Cover of ISBN: B0031RS2EKTitle: About Face
Author(s): Donna Leon
Publisher: Cornerstone Digital
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March 2009 : Kindle edition
Cover of ISBN: B001T9OJW6Title: About Face (A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery)
Author(s): Donna Leon
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press
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2008 : Unknown
Cover of ISBN: 0792762061Title: About Face
Author(s): Donna Leon
ISBN: 0-7927-6206-1 / 978-0-7927-6206-5 (USA edition)
Publisher: Playaway/BBC Audiobooks America
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