Poor Butterfly - Couverture rigide

Kaminsky, Stuart M.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1560540656 ISBN 13 : 9781560540656

Editeur : Thorndike Press, 1991

Synopsis

In 1942 San Francisco, when an operatic production of Puccini's "Madame Butterfly" is threatened by anti-Japanese sentiment and its star diva is stalked by a killer, private eye Toby Peters goes into action

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Présentation de l'éditeur

A killer terrorizes the San Francisco opera, and Toby Peters may be his next victim

The year 1942 is a bad time to stage Madama Butterfly. Although Puccini's masterpiece is a perennial favorite of the San Francisco opera crowd, its sympathetic depiction of a Japanese girl causes tension in the dark months following Pearl Harbor. Newspaper editorialists rage against the production, opera buffs picket the theater, and a note appears nailed to the house door, threatening violence against the cast and crew. When the first workman dies, the maestro calls Toby Peters, a Los Angeles detective who works discreetly for Hollywood's rich and famous.

Two days remain before the opening night, and the body count continues to rise. As he hunts for this self-styled phantom of the opera, Toby falls for one of the company starlets. They must tread lightly, or risk a death more dramatic than anything Puccini ever dreamed of.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Thorndike Press
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1560540656
• ISBN 13: 9781560540656
• Reliure: Relié
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible