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Aurelio Zen: Vendetta
- Narrado por: Michael Kitchen
- Duración: 9 h y 49 m
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- 06-09-13
Well written and well narrated
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Yes, particularly if they have been to Rome or Sardinia
Who was your favorite character and why?
Obviously has to be Zen, tries his best to be high moralled but really just wants an easy life without having to put in too much effort
What about Michael Kitchen’s performance did you like?
It took me a while to get into Kitchens style but have since bought another in the series. It's worth persevering because he is a great fit to Zen's laid back personality.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No I listen while commuting by bus.
Any additional comments?
I look forward to more books in the series but it's disappointing there are gaps. I would like to know why.
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If you could sum up Aurelio Zen: Vendetta in three words, what would they be?
All about revenge!
What did you like best about this story?
The quirky, unconventional protagonist. The intimate navigation of Roman streets and neighborhoods.
Have you listened to any of Michael Kitchen’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
No I haven't, but will actively seek him out.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I rarely have extreme reactions to books, but that doesn't mean that this one wasn't a very pleasurable experience from beginning to end.
Any additional comments?
This was my first Aurelio Zen experience, but will certainly not be the last.
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- Lee Chemel
- 10-01-12
Dibdin and Zen and Kitchen...a great combo
The combination of compelling story telling, trenchant humor and delicious characterizations conspire to make this a classic Zen mystery. Michael Kitchen owns this series in his mastery of the ironies and complexities of tone in Dibdin's terrific book.
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- Jasper
- 08-04-23
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Having recently rewatched the Zen tv-series I wanted to know what the book was like.
It is good, even if the pace is slow and the thrill never really gets to me.
But I like the characters and the settings.
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- 03-12-15
Plot is a real stretch
Would you listen to Aurelio Zen: Vendetta again? Why?
Possibly, but only for Michael Kitchen's superb narration. He reads women's voices incredibly well.
What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
Dual vendettas was a good plot device but was dragged out for far too long.
Which scene was your favorite?
Zen and the Mercedes had me laughing out loud.
Any additional comments?
I find Italian justice from Michael Dibdin's perspective fascinating and, given that the author apparently lives in Seattle, wonder how closely it reflects reality.
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- 10-12-12
Elegant
It took me a while to warm up to Kitchen's venomous delivery, but he settled down and the brilliance of Dibden's plotting and characterization took over. Dibden communicates a wonderful sense of place and a subtle humor. While the elegance of his style comes through with every sentence and transcends genre, it took me a while to appreciate the economy of the writing. Worth every minute!
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- 03-06-15
Michael Kitchen's narration is superb.
Michael Kitchen brings this to life. Great actor, great reader. Perfect for mystery lovers looking for something a little different.
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- 01-29-14
This series just gets better
Michael Dibdin has really improved in his writing and his descriptions are fantastic. Michael Kitchen does an excellent job narrating this book. Aurelia Zen character is further developed nicely and it is a shame that the BBC cancelled the TV Series. Great book which you could read on its own. I am going to pass this onto my mother who I am sure will enjoy this book.
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- 11-08-16
We meet Tania
Which character – as performed by Michael Kitchen – was your favorite?
Zen
Any additional comments?
Ellen was Zen's lover in the first book. She is American and leaves for NY. In this book he is passionately in love with Tania, but in the book, she is not Tania Moretti, but another last name. The film series differs in that way and others. The property where the killing occurred is on the island of Sardinia instead of near Rome. The author does a good job describing Sardinia. But after listening to this story, I am NOT going to put Sardinia on my top ten places to go to, haha.
Zen's mother is also different from the film series. In the book she is older and pettishly boring. She complains all the time about Rome. She is taken care of by another woman all day so she has nothing to do except to watch tv all day. In the film series and book, Zen does not "connect" with the women in his life, especially in the first book; resulting in Ellen the American leaving him. I think he is just too stressed out from his job to have any energy left over for any kind of normal relationship. He needs more vacation days.
As usual, Kitchen does a fantastic job and I think he conveys Zen's personality really well.
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- 10-20-16
Now and ZEN
"Everyone who used him for their own purposes seemed very satisfied with the results."
-Michae Dibdin, Vendetta
This is my third Zen novel and I really seem to be c()cking up the order of it. I started with Book One (Ratking), fair enough, but I also bought and read Book Five (Così Fan Tutti), so now I'm trying to bring some order back into my life. There really is something attractive about these novels. I'm certain half of the mild success these novels have had are due to Dibdin discovering a near perfect character (Zen) and a near perfect setting (Rome, Sardinia). Zen isn't perfect. He lives with his mother. He exists in an almost Kafkaesque Italian police bureaucracy where his competence almost nearly costs him either his life or his job. But still he grinds on, and things seem through Karma to sort themselves nearly out at the end.
If you like Raymond Chandler or Hammett's noir novels, these ones won't disappoint you too much. They also reminded me a bit of Church's Inspector O (A Corpse in the Koryo, Bamboo and Blood, etc) novels (police investigations in North Korea). I guess there really are unlimited ways you can tell a story about an ethical man trying to escape the maze of an unethical bureaucracy while hot on the trail of a killer.
Also, one final note, the BBC's Zen 3 episode series is also worth checking out. I'd read the first three Zen novels first (Ratking, Cabal, Vendetta), but even without the novels the show is interesting.
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