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Giorgio Monicelli

    I saccheggiatori
    Under the Volcano
    The Moon is Down
    Fahrenheit 451
    Darkness at Noon
    The Martian Chronicles
    • Fahrenheit 451

      • 158 pages
      • 6 hours of reading

      Montag is a fireman. He burns books which are the source of discord and unhappiness. But Montag is unhappy as there is discord in his marriage. Are books hidden in his house? The Mechanical Hound of the Fire Department, armed with a lethal hypodermic, escorted by helicopters, pursues all readers.

      Fahrenheit 4512023
      4.0
    • "Geoffrey Firmin, a former British consul, has come to Quauhnahuac, Mexico. His debilitating malaise is drinking ... On ... the Day of the Dead, 1938, his wife, Yvonne, arrives in Quauhnahuac, inspired by a vision of life together away from Mexico and the circumstances that have driven their relationship to the brink of collapse. She is determined to rescue Firmin and their failing marriage, but her mission is further complicated by the presence of Hugh, the consul's half brother, and Jacques, a childhood friend ..."--Page [4] of cover of Harper Perennial Modern Classics ed

      Under the Volcano2013
      3.6
    • A small Scandinavian town is invaded, and the inhabitants find themselves exhibiting the strength of character needed to cope, with dignity, courage and defiance, with their conquerors. A novel which poignantly describes the emotions of a small community placed under an ultimate stress.

      The Moon is Down2007
      3.8
    • Darkness at Noon

      • 224 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      N S Rubashov, an old guard Communist, falls victim to an unnamed government. This novel traces his story through arrest, imprisonment and trail.

      Darkness at Noon2003
      4.1
    • The tranquility of Mars is disrupted by the earthmen who have come to conquer space, colonize the planet, and escape a doomed Earth

      The Martian Chronicles2001
      4.2
    • Ellery Queen è furibondo. Gli hanno detto di partire subito da New York per Hollywood. E lui è partito. Non ha fatto in tempo ad arrivare alla mecca del cinema, che gli hanno detto di presentarsi subito al lavoro. E lui si è precipitato agli studi, ma il grande produttore si è rilevato troppo occupato per riceverlo. Sono passate alcune settimane, ed Ellery sta ancora aspettando di mettersi alla macchina per scrivere. Hollywood non gli è amica? Ma se il mondo del cinema sembra voltargli le spalle, quello del delitto ha bisogno di lui. A Hollywood ci sono tre casi che aspettano solo di essere risolti dal principe degli investigatori. Caso numero uno: il misterioso assassinio di un finanziere (Hollywood in subbuglio). Caso numero due: un clamoroso crimine nella dorata casta dei divi (Quattro di cuori). Caso numero tre: la strana morte di un ricco gioielliere (L'origine del male).

      Ellery Queen a Hollywood1978