A cadenza for Caruso (G.K. Hall large print book series) [Paperback]

Barbara Paul (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 257 pages
• Publisher: G.K. Hall (1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0816137811
• ISBN-13: 978-0816137817
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,550,832 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful, May 27, 2002

By 

Shirley Gibson (Golden, CO USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: A Cadenza for Caruso (Hardcover)

Only one review of this marvelous little book? Perhaps because it is out of print. If you are not overly familiar with the "Golden Age of Opera," as I wasn't when I first read the book, you will find the discovery of whodonnit challenging, but much delight is found just in the reading. The characters, from what I have since learned, appear to be very well drawn, and the writing is of the quality you would expect from Barbara Paul. Her second foray into this genre, "A Chorus of Detectives," follows Caruso with some additional characters as they solve another mystery. Just great fun. (And, if you are familiar with the opera world of the early 20th century, you may enjoy the story even more!) Try to track down a copy of either book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well Researched, Factual Background For An Intriguing Fiction, October 2, 2006

By 

Rob Pollock - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: A Cadenza for Caruso (Paperback)

This book is the first in a series of stories set in and about the Metropolitan Opera of the early 20th Century. Although the murder mystery itself is fictitious, as are therefore the parts played in it by actual, famous personalities, the real people portrayed here emerge very vividly. Caruso, Toscanini, Destinn and Puccini all seem true to life as entertainingly and carefully drawn by Ms Paul.

It is a pity that these attractive stories seem to be available now only as second hand books. As one reviewer has suggested reissues probably would be welcomed by many potential readers. The three stories of Ms Paul of the team of Met detectives, led by Caruso, indeed seem likely to provide a basis for a most entertaining television mini series, or perhaps even for feature films.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars hilarious, January 20, 2001

By 

Floria (Dresden, Sachsen Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Cadenza for Caruso (Hardcover)

The book deals with Enrico Caruso, yes the most famous opera tenor, looking for a murderer. Ok, it is not really the Caruso you think of, when you hear him singing or you read his biographies. May be it has even nothing to do with the real Caruso beside that he loved to play pranks. But it is hilarious and the story funny. Caruso actually looking for a murderer and finding him more by chance than by combination. It is not as thrilling as a 007 and also not as sophisicated as Sherlock Holmes - it's just a funny crime story set in the opera world. Enjoy....