The City of Falling Angels +++

John Berendt wrote this non-fiction detective story about how Teatro La Fenice, the famous opera house in Venice burned in January 1996. He had unusual access to many of the palacios lining the canals, the high society occupying them and many of the artists of the day. It was an affectionate view of Venice through the several years until the cause of the fire was finally and rather quietly settled. A nice little real-life romp thru the Italian establishment.