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Illustrated portrait of Tina Lombardi

A character in A Very Long Engagement

Tina Lombardi

Ange's lover and Mathilde's darker parallel investigator.

What they want

To identify and punish the officers responsible for Ange's death.

The book

Cover of A Very Long Engagement by Sébastien Japrisot
A Very Long EngagementSébastien Japrisot, 1991

A young artist rebuilds the truth about five condemned soldiers from letters, witnesses, codes, and stubborn love.

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At a glance

Role
a sex worker and avenger
Pressure
Ange's lover and Mathilde's darker parallel investigator.
Goal
To identify and punish the officers responsible for Ange's death.
Evidence
She kills responsible officers and sends evidence to Mathilde before her execution.

Who they are in the book

Spoiler-free

Tina Lombardi is a sex worker and avenger. Ange's lover and Mathilde's darker parallel investigator.

The character wants to identify and punish the officers responsible for ange's death.. That desire determines what is remembered, hidden, or investigated.

She kills responsible officers and sends evidence to Mathilde before her execution. The detail matters because Mathilde can reach the truth only by comparing partial accounts.

How Tina Lombardi Is Portrayed

Appearance, manner, and tone — as the book sketches them, in our words.

  • Rolea sex worker and avenger
  • PressureAnge's lover and Mathilde's darker parallel investigator.
  • GoalTo identify and punish the officers responsible for Ange's death.
  • EvidenceShe kills responsible officers and sends evidence to Mathilde before her execution.
  • ExpressionThe face should register to identify and punish the officers responsible for ange's death. without melodrama.
  • Place in the mysteryTina Lombardi changes how Mathilde or the reader understands Bingo Crépuscule.
What happens to Tina LombardiHow the book leaves them, what happened after, and what the record says. Open when you're ready.

She kills responsible officers and sends evidence to Mathilde before her execution.

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