Thick: And Other Essays

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Donna Leon has won a huge number of passionate fans and a tremendous amount of critical acclaim for her international bestselling mystery series featuring Venetian Commissario Guido Brunetti. These accolades have built up not just for her intricate plots and gripping narratives, but for her insight

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A dazzling new collection of essays, poems, and prose poems by the best-selling author of *The Leaf and the Cloud* and *What Do We Know*.