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Il mistero della locanda Serny

“The Mystery of the Serny Inn” (title translated by AI)

Marco Fabio Apolloni

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In nineteenth-century Rome, Mr Serny keeps a samovar always boiling for the guests of his inn. Over tea, illusionists, men of letters, Russians and Frenchmen take turns telling stories, among them that of a murdered tour guide and of a holy blackbird, tales that only seem unconnected, and two of the foreign guests may be more famous than they let on.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

284 pages in the original

Genres

Historical (assigned by AI)

Set in

Italy, 19th century

First published

2003 by Ponte alle Grazie

ISBN

9788879286589 (original)