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Violence
Some
A suspicious death at a military academy; institutional cover-up is the central dynamic
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
None
No sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Mild content
Emotional Intensity
A lot
The specific way that elite institutions close ranks when their reputation is threatened; Brunetti's discomfort with a world that considers itself above the rules he operates by
What this book is about
A student at one of Venice's elite military academies is found dead — apparently a suicide, but with details that don't fit. Commissario Brunetti investigates in an institution that has its own rules, its own loyalties, and its own strong interest in controlling what becomes known. Donna Leon's twelfth Brunetti novel is the most directly about institutional cover-up — the specific mechanisms by which powerful organizations protect themselves from scrutiny — and uses the military academy setting to examine the particular culture of masculine hierarchy and its relationship to violence.
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twelfth Brunetti novel by Donna Leon; military academy setting
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