That Awful Mess on the Via Merulana

Carlo Emilio Gadda & William Weaver (transl.)

In a large apartment house in central Rome, two crimes are committed within a matter of days: a burglary, in which a good deal of money and precious jewels are taken, and a murder, as a young woman whose husband is out of town is found with her throat cut. Called in to investigate, melancholy Detective ...