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100 1 $aBerendt, John,$d1939-
245 14 $aThe city of falling angels /$cJohn Berendt.
250 $aPaperback ed.
260 $aLondon :$bSceptre,$c2006.
300 $a373 pages ;$c20 cm
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505 0 $aThe Venice effect -- An evening in Venice -- Dust and ashes -- At water level -- Sleepwalking -- Slow burn -- The rat man of Treviso -- Glass warfare -- Expatriates: the first family -- The last canto -- For a couple of bucks -- Opera Buffa -- Beware of falling angels -- The man who loved others -- The inferno revisited -- Open house.
520 $aThis is a portrait of Venice - contradictory, beautiful, fascinating, a place like no other. It is a first-hand account of the city's struggle to recover from the fire that destroyed the famous Fenice opera house, and a relentless investigation of the lies, corruption and scandal which the disastrous blaze exposed. But most of all, this is a tribute to a people. It is the inhabitants of Venice who are the real stars of this story, from local aristocracy to eccentric street hawkers, from millionaire art collector Peggy Guggenheim to the charismatic Rat Man of Treviso. Together they form a cast of weird, wonderful, utterly unique characters - the beating heart of a truly memorable book.--From cover back.
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