{"product_id":"9781612193359","title":"A Private Venus (Duca Lamberti Series #1)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A noir writer richly deserving rediscovery.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe book that gave birth to Italian noir . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMilan, 1966: When Dr. Duca Lamberti is released from prison, he’s lost his medical license and his options are few. But thanks to an old connection, he lands a job, although it’s a tricky one: guarding the alcoholic son of a plastics millionaire. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Lamberti soon discovers that the young man has a terrible secret, rooted in the mysterious death of a beautiful woman on the gritty side of town. The fast cars, high fashion, and chic nightclubs of glitzy and swinging Milan conceal a dirty reality . . . This is no dolce vita.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Private Venus\u003c\/i\u003e marks the beginning of Italian noir: Giorgio Scerbanenco pioneered a new type of novel that trained its gaze on the crime and desperation that roiled under prosperous Italian society in the 1960s. And at the heart of this book is Duca Lamberti, an unforgettable protagonist: obsessive, world-weary, unconventional in his methods, and trying hard not to make \u2028another fatal mistake.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melville House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47037583622384,"sku":"9781612193359","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781612193359_p0.jpg?v=1763841870","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781612193359","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}