A private Venus
By: Giorgio Scerbanenco ; translated from the Italian by Howard Curtis
Contributors: Curtis, Howard, 1949-
Publisher: Hersilia; U. S. Distributor, Dufour Editions
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxfordshire; [Chester Springs, PA]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9780956379641
Work titles: Venere privata
Description: Duca Lamberti's a doctor who's just been released from prison, where he's spent the last three years for having practiced euthanasia. Unable to work in medicine, he takes a job helping Davide, a young and depressed alcoholic, whose past seems to involve prostitution, pornography, and murder.
Notes: With an introduction by Giuliana Pieri.

"Originally published in 1966 in Italy as Venere privata by Edizioni Garzanti S.p.A., Milano."

Translated from the Italian.