WHO IN HELL IS BRUNO?
"Bruno, Chief of Police" is a book (and book series from publisher
Boomerang Books) by Martin Walker but the fictional "Bruno" also has his
own very-real website (www.brunochiefofpolice.com) and blog and musical play
list, including Edith Piaf and Eric Clampton.
The Bruno universe is also filled jammed-packed with real-world places to
visit such as restaurants, hotels and other sight-seeing venues. There are detailed make-able menus of different
culinary delights to wear the hardened food addict to weakness. On top of all of this, Bruno solves crimes.
Bruno -- superhuman beyond reason,
yet entertaining to even the most jaded -- makes iconic Sherlock Holmes look like
a second-rate hack and as made-up as the Easter Bunny. Who needs James Bond? Bond never built his own house and grew the
grapes for his own drinks. Did any other
sleuth in novels ever find a lost dog? Ha!
The author, Martin Walker, does international
interviews and book tours. What he has done
with his hyper-specific Bruno is blurred the lines of fantasy and reality to
the point where you start to believe you could get in a plane and go to this
far-off place and see Bruno handing out parking citations while on duty creating
a fireworks display.
"Bruno, Chief of Police"
is the first book chosen by Dolce Vita di Libro book club.
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