A Private Venus
first publication date: 1966
original title: Venere privata
original language: Italian
narrative location: Milan
followed by: Traitors to All
A Private Venus (Italian: Venere privata) is a 1966 detective novel by the Italian writer Giorgio Scerbanenco. It tells the story of how the former doctor Duca Lamberti is assigned to treat the alcoholic son of a millionaire, and begins to unveil the secrets surrounding the death of a young woman in the affluent world of Milan. It was the first in a series of four novels about Dr. Duca Lamberti. An English translation by Howard Curtis was published in 2012.The book was the basis for the 1970 film Safety Catch directed by Yves Boisset. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Editions
2- date of publication: 1998ISBN-13: 978-88-11-66856-5
- publisher: 10/18ISBN-13: 978-2-264-00524-3
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