A nine-year-old boy is found murdered at the bottom of a well near a popular beach resort in southern Italy. In what looks like a hopeless case for Guido Guerrieri, counsel for the defence, a Senegalese peddler is accused of the crime. Faced with small-town racism fuelled by the recent immigration from Africa, Guido attempts to exploit the esoteric workings of the Italian courts.
More than a perfectly paced legal thriller, this relentless suspense novel transcends the genre. A powerful attack on racism, and a fascinating insight into the Italian judicial process, it is also an affectionate portrait of a deeply humane hero.
Author Information
Gianrico Carofiglio is an anti-Mafia prosecutor in Bari, a port on the coast of Puglia. He has been involved with trials concerning corruption, organized crime and the traffic in human beings.
The Translator
Patrick Creagh is a critically acclaimed translator from Italian, well known for his translations of Italo Calvino, Claudio Magris ('The Danube') and Marcello Fois.
Other books in the series
A Walk in the Dark by Gianrico Carofiglio
ISBN: 978-1904738-17-6
Price: £9.99 and $14.95
Reasonable Doubts by Gianrico Carofiglio
ISBN: 9781904738244
Price: £8.99 and $14.95
Praise for Involuntary Witness
''A new voice, and one with which I am sure we will soon become familiar is that of Gianrico Carofiglio...'' Daily Mail
''Involuntary Witness is a stunner. Two things put this novel on a higher plane. Guerrieri is a wonderfully convincing character...'' The Times
Internet links
Carofiglio-CrimeTime
www.crimetime.co.uk/ make_page.php?id=563
Carofiglio-International Noir
internationalnoir.blogspot.com/ 2006/ 05/ gianrico-carofiglio-walk-in-dark.html
Carofiglio-Words without Borders
www.wordswithoutborders.org/ article.php?lab=AWalkInTheDark
Carofiglio-UK tour April 2006
www.crimeculture.com/ images/ BloodyForeigners.doc
Carofiglio-Toronto visit October 2006
www.iictoronto.esteri.it/ IIC_Toronto/ webform/ SchedaEvento.aspx?id=79&citta=Toronto
Carofiglio-New Yorker ‘talk of the town' on November 2005 visit
www.newyorker.com/ talk/ content/ articles/ 051205ta_talk_collins
