Thanks for the clarification and the real origin of the
yellow italian noir...so to speak...
Steve in Detroit...
On 8/23/04 16:55, "Luca Conti" <
luconti@tin.it> wrote:
> Steve Novak wrote:
>
>> >it is true that they are called Giallo in
italian....and if I¹m
>> >not mistaken it is because of the color of
the cheap pulp paper...
>> >
>
> In 1929 Arnoldo Mondadori, then (and now) the
biggest Italian publisher,
> decided to try and issue some detective novels in a
dedicated book
> series. He gave the covers a yellow background, with
an illustration
> encased first within a red hexagon, later within a
red circle. The first
> novel in this series (called "I Gialli Mondadori")
was "The Benson
> Murder Case" by S.S. Van Dine. Mondadori's big
stroke of genius was the
> decision to sell those books in newstands, not in
bookshops. The success
> was huge, especially when Mondadori started to
publish Edgar Wallace's
> novels. 75 years later, I Gialli Mondadori are still
alive and kicking.
>
> Best, Luca
> Luca Conti
>
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