Book
The fallen angel / Daniel Silva.
Summary:
"When a body is found beneath Michelangelo's dome, Gabriel Allon is summoned to secretly investigate the death that has been ruled a suicide--a case that brings about an unthinkable act of sabotage."--NoveList.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062253835 (trade paperback)
- ISBN: 9780062073129 :
- Physical Description: 405 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Harper, c2012.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Jul 12
- Target Audience Note:
- All Ages.
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- Israelis > Vatican City > Fiction.
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Allon, Gabriel (Fictitious character) > Fiction.
Vatican City > Fiction. - Genre:
- International thriller.
Suspense fiction.
Spy stories.
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- 4 of 4 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Elkford Public Library.
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- 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elkford Public Library | FC SIL (Text) | 35170000320176 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
More information
- Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2012 September #1
Fast-paced action thriller from old hand Silva (Portrait of a Spy, 2001, etc.), whose hero Gabriel Allon returns in fine form. As Silva's legion of fans--including, it seems, every policy wonk inside the Beltway and Acela Corridor--knows, Gabriel is not just your ordinary spy. He's a capable assassin, for one thing, and a noted art restorer for another, which means that his adventures often find him in the presence of immortal works of art and bad guys who would put them to bad use. This newest whodunit is no exception: Gabriel's in the Vatican, working away at a Caravaggio, when he gets caught up in an anomalous scene--as a friendly Jesuit puts it with considerable understatement, "We have a problem." The problem is that another Vatican insider has gone splat on the mosaic floor, having fallen some distance from the dome. Did she jump, or was she pushed? Either way, as the victim's next of kin puts it, again with considerable understatement, "I'm afraid my sister left quite a mess." She did indeed, and straightening it up requires Gabriel to grapple with baddies in far-flung places around Europe and the Middle East. It would be spoiling things to go too deep into what he finds, but suffice it to say that things have been going missing from the Vatican's collections to fund a variety of nefarious activities directly and indirectly, including some ugly terrorism out Jerusalem way. But set Gabriel to scaling flights of Herodian stairs, and the mysteries fall into place--not least of them the location of a certain structure built for a certain deity by a certain biblical fellow. The plot's a hoot, but a believable one; think a confection by Umberto Eco as starring Jonathan Hemlock, or a Dan Brown yarn intelligently plotted and written, and you'll have a sense of what Silva is up to here. It's a grand entertainment to watch Silva putting Gabriel Allon's skills to work, whether shedding blood or daubing varnish. A top-notch thriller. Copyright Kirkus 2012 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved. - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2012 February #2
Art restorer and spy Gabriel Allon is glad to be back in Rome, cleaning up a Caravaggio. Then he gets a call from Monsignor Luigi Donati, the pope's personal secretary, who's found the body of a woman lying beneath the dome of St. Peter's Basilica. No, Allon does not see this as a suicide and digs deeper to uncover a ring of antiquities smugglers with revenge on their minds. The one-day laydown on July 7 and 500,000-copy first printing make this pretty much essential.
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