Numero zero
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Numero zero
AUTHOR:
Eco, Umberto.
Dixon, Richard.
ISBN:
9781910701096
UNIFORM_TITLE:
Numero zero. English
PUBLICATION_INFO:
London : Harvill Secker, 2015.
PHYSICAL_DESC:
190 p. ; 22 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Translated from: Numero zero.
ABSTRACT:
1945, Lake Como. Mussolini and his mistress are captured and shot by local partisans. The precise circumstances of Il Duce's death remain shrouded in controversy. 1992, Milan. Colonna, a depressed hack writer, is offered a fee he can't refuse to ghost-write a memoir. His subject: a fledgling newspaper financed by a powerful media magnate.
PERSONAL_SUBJECT:
GENRE_TERM:
SUBJECT:
| Civilization, Modern -- 20th century -- Fiction. |
| Political satire. |
| Social satire. |
| Suspense fiction. |
| Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945 -- Fiction. |
BIBSUMMARY:
1945, Lake Como. Mussolini and his mistress are captured and shot by local partisans. The precise circumstances of Il Duce's death remain shrouded in controversy. 1992, Milan. Colonna, a depressed hack writer, is offered a fee he can't refuse to ghost-write a memoir. His subject: a fledgling newspaper financed by a powerful media magnate.