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02386aim a2200325 i 4500 001 577D92A6F0B611EE96A0B47C3BECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240402010028 007 sd fsngnnmmned 008 231218p20242024nyunnnng f n eng d 020 $a 1797170554 020 $a 9781797170558 020 $a 1797170546 020 $a 9781797170541 035 $a (OCoLC)1414659463 040 $a TEFMT $b eng $e rda $c TEFMT $d TEF $d OCLCO $d BLACP $d OCLCO $d JAS $d SILO 100 1 $a Miller, Derek B., $d 1970- $e author. 245 14 $a The curse of Pietro Houdini : $b a novel / $c Derek B. Miller. 250 $a Unabridged. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Simon & Schuster Audio, $c [2024] 300 $a 9 audio discs (11.5 hr.) : $b digital, CD audio ; $c 4 3/4 in. 306 $a 113000 500 $a Title from container. 511 0 $a Read by Gabra Zackman. 520 $a August, 1943. Fourteen-year-old Massimo is all alone. Newly orphaned and fleeing from Rome after surviving the American bombing raid that killed his parents, Massimo is attacked by thugs and finds himself bloodied at the base of the Montecassino. It is there in the Benedictine abbey's shadow that a charismatic and cryptic man calling himself Pietro Houdini, the self-proclaimed "Master Artist and confidante of the Vatican," rescues Massimo and brings him up the mountain to serve as his assistant in preserving the treasures that lay within the monastery walls. But can Massimo believe what Pietro is saying, particularly when Massimo has secrets too? Who is this extraordinary man? When it becomes evident that Montecassino will soon become the front line in the war, Pietro Houdini and Massimo execute a plan to smuggle three priceless Titian paintings to safety down the mountain. They are joined by a nurse concealing a nefarious past, a ca�f owner turned murderer, a wounded but chipper German soldier, and a pair of lovers along with their injured mule, Ferrari. Together they will lie, cheat, steal, fight, kill, and sin their way through battlefields to survive, all while smuggling the Renaissance masterpieces and the bag full of ancient Greek gold they have rescued from the "safe keeping" of the Germans. 700 1 $a Zackman, Gabra, $e narrator. 941 $a 1 945 $a cdab 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20240402011551.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=577D92A6F0B611EE96A0B47C3BECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search