That awful mess on Via Merulana

Description

In a large apartment house in central Rome, two crimes are committed within a matter of days: a burglary, in which a good deal of money and precious jewels are taken, and a murder, as a young woman whose husband is out of town is found with her throat cut. Called in to investigate, melancholy Detective Ciccio, a secret admirer of the murdered woman and a friend of her husband's, discovers that almost everyone in the apartment building is somehow involved in the case, and with each new development the mystery only deepens and broadens. Gadda's sublimely different detective story presents a scathing picture of fascist Italy while tracking the elusiveness of the truth, the impossibility of proof, and the infinite complexity of the workings of fate, showing how they come into conflict with the demands of justice and love.

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Other Editions

• That awful mess on Via Merulana: a novelG. Braziller1984-01-01
• Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via MerulanaGarzanti1957-01-01
• Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via MerulanaGarzanti1964-01-01
• That awful mess on Via Merulana.G. Braziller1965-01-01
• That awful mess on Via MerulanaSecker & Warburg1966-01-01
• Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana.Garzanti1970-01-01