Through a Glass, Darkly Michael Moorcock and the gallows of Old

and the gallows of Old Bailey

and characters who are totally bellevable

appealing to the darkest corners of his mind

and is enlivened throughout by Hemingway's pungent commentary on life and literature

drunkenness and sexual license have all but destroyed the spirituality of its inhabitants

Through a Glass, Darkly Michael Moorcock and the gallows of OldA luminous spring day in Venice, and Commissario Brunetti and his sidekick Vianello play hooky from the Questura along the Grand Canal to rescue Vianello's friend Marco, who has been arrested during an environmental protest. They get him released, only to be faced by the fury of the man's father in law, who owns a glass factory on Murano. The old man is seething with rage, and his daughter shares her fear with Brunetti that he will actually harm her