Being almost completely unaware of what's been happening in Italy or
Italian crime fiction, I found this article interesting:
http://www.zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/18449
Jordan in Winnipeg
--- In rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, Sean Shapiro <ssshapir@...> wrote:
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> Okay, let's discuss an actual work--I'm currently reading Crimini
> published by Bitter Lemon Press, which is a collection of Italian
> crime fiction, and it's quite good, several of the stories fit my
idea
> of noir. I'll be writing more about this when I finish the book, but
> I'm finding myself more and more hooked with some of the newer
Italian
> crime authors--Reasonable Doubts by Gianrico Carofiglio was one of
my
> favorite reads from last year.
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> --Dave
> Italy seems to be producing some of the best hardboiled/noir books
around.
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> Carofiglio's 'The Past Is Another Country' is one of my favourite
books of the year. Really captures the slippery thrill of crime.
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> Carlo Lucarelli's 'Almost Blue' is one I would recommend. With its
obsession with sound and its colourful killer I would say it's the
closest I have seen a book come to an Italian 'giallo' (movie, that
is).
> Currently reading 'Death's Dark Abyss' by Massimo Carlotto. Punchy.
As. Hell.
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> What impresses me about all these writers is their pace and
economy. They're all confident enough in their material to forego the
(sometimes tedious) flourishes that more literary fiction indulges
in.
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> Have a copy of Crimini myself. Haven't read it yet but look forward
to comments.
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> Anyone have similar writers to recommend?
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> Sean Shapiro
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