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Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Cosi Fan Tutti by Michael Dibdin Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Così Fan Tutti by Michael Dibdin Così Fan Tutti (1996) Aurelio Zen is a cop who stumbles into a crime and solves it. He has been transferred from Rome to Naples and turns a blind eye to everything but he manages to get people on his side. He also is helping a mother save her two daughters from their lowlife boyfriends. That works as well as his crime solving skills. I enjoyed this book. I chuckled throughout it as Zen ineptly does his job but manages to come out right. I liked the supporting characters. Humor is used well in this book. I will be reading more of Aurelio Zen. ( ) I admit I had expectations about Michael Dibdin's books with Aurelio Zen as the main character., I had been introduced to Aurelio Zen in the PBS Masterpiece Mystery series and loved all the characters which led me to buy other books in the series. In Cosi Fan Tutti, I was disappointed. In general this story was a good one. Zen is a police inspector who tries to enforce the law in Naples, Italy where crime is part of every level of the police department. I love the Aurelio Zen character who basically solves crime by stumbling into its resolution. In this story I feel there was too much use of `tell' not' show.' Much of what the reader learns is from a narrative by the author in many areas where a scene would have been so much more enjoyable. Though Zen's double identity comes off well, many other characters also have dual identities that are unknown to the reader and fall short of what the reader already believes about them. I found, on the other hand, the end was somewhat disjointed and ran on longer than it should have. This all said, I do enjoy Dibdin's wit and style of writing. Readers can feel the atmosphere and want to keep turning the pages. I will surely read other books in the Aurelio Zen series. If I were to sum up this book in one word, it would be "zany". (Or should that be "Zen-y"?) After the events of Dead Lagoon, Zen decides he'd like a bit of a rest, so he transfers to Naples, where he oversees the harbour detail and turns a blind eye to the scandalous goings-on at the police station there in exchange for being left alone. This frees up time for him to become involved in a plot hatched by a wealthy widow, who does not want her daughters becoming romantically involved with mobsters. Oh yeah, and there's also a "Clean Streets" movement taking out others affiliated with organized crime. The romantic plotline is based on Mozart's opera Così fan tutte, only here it's the men whose fidelity is being tested, not the women's. The chapter titles are also taken from the libretto for that opera. It lends a nice dramatic air to the proceedings, as does Dibdin's occasional descriptions of scenes as they might appear on a stage. And there is certainly no shortage of action: with all the hustle and bustle and confusion and general wackiness, the story resembles a splendidly executed farce. And for those of you who like the curmudgeonly aspect of Zen's character, as I do, his observations on mobile phones are not to be missed. Overall, I'd say I admired this book more than liked it, if that makes sense: I appreciated the technique and how the book was constructed, but I'd have to read it again to develop real affection for it. Still, recommended for fans of the series. You may also like it if you're a fan of the opera, but I would suggest reading at least one of the four preceding Zen books first, because this one contains some important character developments that have more of an impact if you're somewhat invested in the characters already. ( ) Così Fan Tutti. Michael Dibdin's overburdened Italian police inspector has been transferred to Naples, where the rule of law is so lax that a police station may double as a brothel. But this time, having alienated superiors with his impolitic zealousness in every previous posting, Zen is determined not to make waves. Too bad an American sailor (who may be neither Americ An Aurelio Zen Novel. Michael Dibdin's overburdened Italian police inspector has been transferred to Naples, where the rule of law is so lax that a police station may double as a brothel. But this time, having alienated superiors with his impolitic zealousness in every previous posting, Zen is determined not to make waves. Too bad an American sailor (who may be neither American nor a sailor) knifes one of his opposite numbers in Naples's harbor, and some local garbage collectors have taken to moonlighting in homicide. And when Zen becomes embroiled in a romantic intrigue involving love-sick gangsters and prostitutes who pass themselves off as Albanian refugees, all Naples comes to resemble the set of the Mozart opera of the same title. Bawdy, suspenseful, and splendidly farcical, the result is an irresistible offering from a maestro of mystery. more. Get A Copy. Friend Reviews. Reader Q&A. Be the first to ask a question about Così Fan Tutti. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. In this, the fifth installment of the Aurelio Zen mysteries, Michael Dibdin tries his hand at farce. Criminapol's Detective Zen has put in for a transfer to Naples, taking a demotion a hair's breath before his superiors can inflict one upon him. In a city known for its rampant corruption (there's a working brothel on the top floor of the police station), Zen plans to keep his head down, his nose clean, and his days free of intrigue. He makes only the most infrequent and desultory visits to his of In this, the fifth installment of the Aurelio Zen mysteries, Michael Dibdin tries his hand at farce. Criminapol's Detective Zen has put in for a transfer to Naples, taking a demotion a hair's breath before his superiors can inflict one upon him. In a city known for its rampant corruption (there's a working brothel on the top floor of the police station), Zen plans to keep his head down, his nose clean, and his days free of intrigue. He makes only the most infrequent and desultory visits to his office, preferring to relax at home, lunch in the local cafes and attend the occasional evening soiree - which is where he meets a fascinating woman with two daughters in need of rescuing from their mafia boyfriends. What this has to do with a knifing at the port and a gang of homicidal garbage men who have decided on a more literal interpretation of the government's desire to clean up the streets will come clear in time. I'm not a fan of farce, and while Naples makes an excellent venue for a Marx Brothers' romp, I found I missed the gravity given over to honest detection. As a character, Zen already rides a bold line of satiric resignation. Pushing him into a landscape of operatic dimension simply didn't work for me. more. I have not finished this one yet; I am half way through, but I think this may be my least favorite ZEN mystery. (I am a hopeless fan; I am working my way through them all. ) This plot runs parallel to the famous opera, "COSE FAN TUTTE." I think the opera title refers to a female "tutte" ("all"); as in "Women are all like that;" whereas the book title has been altered ("TUTTI") to refer to the masculine, or inclusive, as in truly everybody, not just all women. Forgive my mangled Italian translati I have not finished this one yet; I am half way through, but I think this may be my least favorite ZEN mystery. (I am a hopeless fan; I am working my way through them all. ) This plot runs parallel to the famous opera, "COSE FAN TUTTE." I think the opera title refers to a female "tutte" ("all"); as in "Women are all like that;" whereas the book title has been altered ("TUTTI") to refer to the masculine, or inclusive, as in truly everybody, not just all women. Forgive my mangled Italian translation; I am not fluent. The chapter headings are taken from the libretto in Italian; Dibdin translates them (in his own way) into English for the Table of Contents. All very interesting and amusing, but a bit too contrived for me to focus on the mystery. Dibdin has a curious sense of humor, and there are moments in the book where I did burst out laughing, in spite of being alone in my house. This bodes well for an amusing book. I will reserve final judgement until I finish the book. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Later: Just finished the book. I take back everything I said. The plot is a sublimely amusing farce; equal to anything from Shakespeare, as regards mistaken identity, obsessive infatuation, secret plots coming to fruition, and even Zen's poor mother. A very entertaining book; much lighter reading than most of the other Zen novels. IN this one at least he does not get his heart broken; he mostly stays above the fray, although I don't think I am spoiling anything by mentioning that he does end up in a garbage dump! Highly recommended; just a slow starter. If you just relax at the beginning and accept that this is going to be silly, then it's really a lot of fun.
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