tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post53318246865646213..comments2023-11-05T01:05:41.190-07:00Comments on International Noir Fiction: Death and the Olive Grove, by Marco VichiGlenn Harperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04869155065647936216noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post-44696733161690065402014-07-09T13:44:17.152-07:002014-07-09T13:44:17.152-07:00Actually, since I read Vichi's DEATH IN AUGUST...Actually, since I read Vichi's DEATH IN AUGUST earlier this year, I was prepared for more war reminiscences and parallels in DEATH AND THE OLIVE GROVE. It fits with the theme well. The novels are set in the 1960s but Bordelli was in his 20s/30s and a soldier during WWI, so he is going to be haunted still as a man in middle age. Too, then war criminals were still being hunted down all over the world then.<br />When you get to his third, DEATH IN SARDINIA, its like reading two novels in one---Bordelli's young partner is recuperating at home in Sardina after being wounded on the job and Bordelli is still in Florence---both are working different cases. <br />What I'm saying is that each of the three novels I've read has a different structure that works and the series seems all of a piece to me. You began in the middle and are a bit at a disadvantage in terms of novelistic continuity.<br />I like Bordelli's slight melancholy and his friends who are from all walks of life. He chooses his friends because they are good people period.<br />I can't wait to read DEATH IN FLORENCE, but am putting it off just a bit to savor the anticipation.<br />Sorry to go on and on.<br />ST<br />Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18132354187797548194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15258276.post-15159931922961597492014-07-09T13:28:32.399-07:002014-07-09T13:28:32.399-07:00Actually, since I read Vichi's DEATH IN AUGUST...Actually, since I read Vichi's DEATH IN AUGUST first, I was prepared for more war reminiscences and parallels in DEATH AND THE OLIVE GROVE. When you get to his third, DEATH IN SARDINIA, it is like reading two novels in one---Bordelli's young partner is recuperating at home in Sardina after being wounded on the job and Bordelli is still in Florence---both are working different cases. What I'm saying is that each of the three novels I've read have a different structure that works and the series seems all of a piece to me. You began in the middle and are a bit at a disadvantage in terms of continuity.<br />I like Bordelli's slight melancholy and his friends who are from all walks of life. He knows that good people are not always pillars of the community and chooses his friends among good people.<br />I can't wait to read DEATH IN FLORENCE, but am putting it off just a bit to savor it more.<br />Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18132354187797548194noreply@blogger.com