| Author:
Gregory Dowling
Born in Bristol, England and studied at Christ Church, Oxford. A year of teaching in Italy led to "just one more," and for the last twelve years Gregory has remained in Venice, where he teaches at the University and translates. He is married and has two sons. Author of Doubletake - SMP 1985 |
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| A Nice Steady Job
St. Martin's Press, New York ISBN 0-312-11035-9
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When Sir Alfred Ainsley hires
January Esposito to investigate the disappearance of his son, Piers,
Jan's peaceful days of teaching English in Verona come to an abrupt
end. Jan learns that Piers has lately been running with a crowd
suspected of being involved in a recent killing in the Italian
countryside, but he can't tell whether Piers took part in the crime.
Jan's search for Piers leads him to San Giorgio Veronese, a quaint village in the Veneto that has recently been troubled by racism, gas bomb explosions, and murder. In the center of this village stands a magnificent statue of St. George, and with the help of Linda Housman, a young art history student studying in the village, Jan quickly learns the legend behind it as well as the international turmoil it has created for the village residents. Despite Jan's improvisation and his efforts at a simple, discreet investigation, he finds himself more and more tangled in a web of political ideology and drug dealing that takes the mystery fifty years into the village's past and its bitter memories of World War II.
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Every Picture Tells A Story - 375 pages. First Edition - July 1991 by SMP |
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