About Face is the newest offering of Donna Leon, and the eighteenth novel in her Commissario Guido Brunettie series. The mystery novel has captivated a number of fans and a wide range of positive reviews because of her style of writing.
About Face offers one of Donna Leon's signature subjects, the environment. In the books, there is an ensuing environmental crisis in Italy. Naples and Venice have been the subjects of these environmental crises, with dangerous amounts of garbage piles, air pollutants and incinerators overpower the cities.
Police Commissioner and protagonist in About Face, Guido Brunetti works within or around his home of Venice. Donna Leon's novels are always revealing something about the corruption or the urban underbelly of Italy. And Guido's world, with his wife and family, always contrasts the negativity of his career.
In the cases he has worked on, Commissioner Guido Brunetti always finds himself cynical about the situations, nevertheless still trying and trying to solve the cases. The novel is filled with mystery and excitement, and the signature Donna Leon twist.
Her novel About Face is due to be released in April this year, and is expected to join the success of her previous novels. Fans across the world will experience again Donna Leon's exemplary writing.
Donna Leon's novels have been critically acclaimed worldwide, and has been translated already in different languages. However, due to her request, and oddly enough, the novels have not been translated into Italian.
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