A private Venus
By: Giorgio Scerbanenco ; translated by Howard Curtis
Contributors: Curtis, Howard, 1949-
Series: Milano quartet
Publisher: Melville House; Melville International Crime
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Brooklyn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9781612193359
Subjects: Physicians; Ex-convicts; Murder; Investigation; Fiction
Work titles: Venere privata
Description: Duca Lamberti is 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.