The curse of Pietro Houdini Dashiell Hammett Everyman FFC Hardback 2000 But a job is a

But a job is a job

craftily-plotted detective novel in the bestselling Lord Peter Wimsey series

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The curse of Pietro Houdini Dashiell Hammett Everyman FFC Hardback 2000 But a job is aThe bombing of Rome in 1943 leaves fourteen year old Massimo orphaned and with no choice but to set out on a perilous journey to find his remaining family in Naples. A chance meeting with the mysterious and charismatic Pietro Houdini will deliver both of them to the doors of the monastery of Monte Cassino, a centuries old haven of contemplation, learning and art. But the abbey is in the path of the relentless Allied advance to Rome. Pietro and Massimo