“I felt suffocated. And alone. More alone than ever. Every year, I ostentatiously crossed out of my address book any friend who'd made a racist remark, neglected those whose only ambition was a new car and a Club Med vacation, and forgot all those who played the Lottery. I loved fishing and silen...
Tutte le sfumature del blu, fino al nero.È già da qualche giorno che ho finito di leggere la Trilogia, ma preferisco continuare da qui, dal secondo capitolo, piuttosto che riunire i tre romanzi in un commento unico.Certo, mi piacerebbe sapere con certezza come è stata pensata, se già c'era in par...
Solea is as Noir as they come, although I make that claim as one who reads only occasionally in the genre. Reportedly, despite pressure from Gallimard, his publisher, Izzo rejected the idea of continuing his Marseilles Trilogy beyond Solea (a Miles Davis tune appreciated by Fabio Montale, the ex...
The Past Is a Foreign Country has been compared to The Talented Mr. Ripley and I can see why. It is not a mystery, but more a psychological exploration of a man with a criminal mind, Francesco, and how he brings a vulnerable young man under his influence, Giorgio. Giancarlo Carofiglio is one of...
four reasons i dig this book:1. maggie swung her tail and knocked over a glass of merlot. like a sponge, the back half of tierra del fuego soaked it up and now the pages are deliciously crinkled and warped and stained red. as w/all of us, i'm wildly romantic about books -- coffee rings, wine stai...