title: That Awful Mess on the Via Merulana (New York Review Books Classics)
author:  Carlo Emilio Gadda 
description: The experimental masterpiece modern Italian literature has long been awaiting. There is a kinship to Joyce, especially in Gaddas inspired outbursts of comic invective, his ferocious Romantic humor. <i>The New York Times </i>
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  The Bay Area Butcher
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A
  
  
  Quint Adler Novel
  
  
  
  
  
  (Book
  
  
  2)
  
  
  
  
  
  by
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Brian
  
  
  O’Sullivan
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  BIG B PUBLISHING  
  
  
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  Acknowledgements:
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  To all my family and friends who read my early drafts and give
  
  
  me constructive criticism. To my mother, Judy O’Sullivan. My aunt, Maureen
  
  
  Kammer. And friends, Lorraine Evanoff, LuAnn Paddock, Jim Kostoryz, Nicholas
  
  
  Cueno, Bling Morley, Tomi Eto, Aaron Pewtherer, Stacey McDonald, and Marisa
  
  
  Wrobleski. Thank you all!
  
  
  
  
  
  To Hamar, who designed the cover. And to Liam DiCosimo who will
  
  
  be doing the Audible version.
  
  
  
  
  
  Finally, to my superlative editor, Therese Arkenberg, who dealt
  
  
  with me trying to edit this novel in a few short weeks while bombarding her
  
  
  with ten emails a day. She’s the best!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This novel is dedicated to
  
  
  you –yeah, you—the