The Resource Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian lions, Mario Giordano ; translated by John Brownjohn
Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian lions, Mario Giordano ; translated by John Brownjohn
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The item Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian lions, Mario Giordano ; translated by John Brownjohn represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 4 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
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The item Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian lions, Mario Giordano ; translated by John Brownjohn represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 4 library branches.
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- Summary
- Recently widowed Auntie Poldi moves to Sicily in order to drink herself comfortably to death with a sea view. But fate intervenes when she finds the corpse of a young man on the beach, and becomes a potential murder suspect. Poldi falls for the gorgeous Commissario Montana and they soon form an investigative -- and romantic -- partnership --
- Language
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- eng
- ger
- eng
- Extent
- 317 pages
- Note
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- "First published in German as Tante Poldi und die sizilianishen Löwen by Bastei Lübbe AG, Köln, 2015." -- Title page verso
- "Crime Paperback Original" -- Page 4 of cover
- Isbn
- 9781908524690
- Label
- Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian lions
- Title
- Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian lions
- Statement of responsibility
- Mario Giordano ; translated by John Brownjohn
- Subject
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- Novels
- Humorous fiction
- Widows
- trueMen/women relations
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- trueFamily relationships
- Sicily (Italy) -- Fiction
- Man-woman relationships
- trueGermans in Italy
- trueMysteries
- trueWidows
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- trueSisters
- trueMurder investigation
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Murder -- Investigation
- Humorous fiction
- trueItaly
- trueSicily, Italy
- trueDetectives
- trueWomen amateur detectives
- trueAunt and nephew
- Widows -- Fiction
- Italy -- Sicily
- trueExpatriates
- Mystery fiction
- Fiction
- trueSenior women
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueMurder
- trueSmall town life
- trueTranslations -- German to English
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Language
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- eng
- ger
- eng
- Summary
- Recently widowed Auntie Poldi moves to Sicily in order to drink herself comfortably to death with a sea view. But fate intervenes when she finds the corpse of a young man on the beach, and becomes a potential murder suspect. Poldi falls for the gorgeous Commissario Montana and they soon form an investigative -- and romantic -- partnership --
- Summary
- Auntie Poldi, sassy, brassy and sixty, moves to Sicily for a quiet alcohol-fuelled retirement. A murder spoils her plans
- Assigning source
- Source other than Library of Congress
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10528778
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1963-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Giordano, Mario
- Dewey number
- 833/.92
- Index
- no index present
- Language note
- "First published in German as Tante Poldi und die sizilianischen Löwen by Bastei Lübbe AG, Köln, 20a5"--Colophon
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1963-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Brownjohn, John
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Auntie Poldi novels
- Series volume
- 0001
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Widows
- Murder
- Man-woman relationships
- Sicily (Italy)
- Man-woman relationships
- Murder
- Widows
- Italy
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian lions, Mario Giordano ; translated by John Brownjohn
- Note
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- "First published in German as Tante Poldi und die sizilianishen Löwen by Bastei Lübbe AG, Köln, 2015." -- Title page verso
- "Crime Paperback Original" -- Page 4 of cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn936144450
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- 317 pages
- Isbn
- 9781908524690
- Lccn
- 2016438626
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)936144450
- Label
- Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian lions, Mario Giordano ; translated by John Brownjohn
- Note
-
- "First published in German as Tante Poldi und die sizilianishen Löwen by Bastei Lübbe AG, Köln, 2015." -- Title page verso
- "Crime Paperback Original" -- Page 4 of cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocn936144450
- Dimensions
- 20 cm
- Extent
- 317 pages
- Isbn
- 9781908524690
- Lccn
- 2016438626
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)936144450
Subject
- trueAunt and nephew
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Detective and mystery fiction
- trueDetectives
- trueExpatriates
- trueFamily relationships
- Fiction
- trueFirst person narratives
- trueGermans in Italy
- Humorous fiction
- Humorous fiction
- trueItaly
- Italy -- Sicily
- Man-woman relationships
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- trueMen/women relations
- trueMurder
- Murder -- Investigation
- Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
- trueMurder investigation
- trueMysteries
- Mystery fiction
- Novels
- trueSenior women
- Sicily (Italy) -- Fiction
- trueSicily, Italy
- trueSisters
- trueSmall town life
- trueTranslations -- German to English
- Widows
- trueWidows
- Widows -- Fiction
- trueWomen amateur detectives
Genre
- Detective and mystery fiction
- Fiction
- trueFirst person narratives
- Humorous fiction
- trueMysteries
- Mystery fiction
- Novels
- trueTranslations
Member of
- trueTante Poldi und die sizilianischen Lowen
- Tante Poldi und die sizilianischen Löwen
- trueAuntie Poldi novels
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