Italy’s best crime writers present nine gripping, often darkly humorous short-stories with settings ranging from Milan to Palermo by way of Rome and even Guadeloupe. The mafia is not just Sicilian but also Albanian, Croatian and Chinese.
These brilliant tales do not feature psychopathic cannibals or obscure power mad sects but ordinary criminals: a drug-addled cosmetic surgeon, inept blackmailers and various other low-lifes lusting after easy money.
Author Information
Authors include Italy's best crime writers Ammaniti, Carlotto, Camilleri, Lucarelli, Fois and others.
De Cataldo is the editor of the 'Crimini' anthology, a best selling crime writer and an essayist and playwright.
The Translator
Andrew Brown is well known for his translations of great classics such as Flaubert's 'Memoirs of a Madman',
Zola's 'For a Night of Love'and Machiavelli's 'Life of Castruccio Castracani'.
Praise for Crimini
'Serious crimes by cruel men...' New York Times
''An insider's sense of authenticity...'' Sunday Times
Internet links
Crimini publisher Einaudi
www.einaudi.it/ einaudi/ ita/ catalogo/ scheda.jsp?isbn=978880617576&ed=87
Niccolo Ammaniti author site
www.niccoloammaniti.com/
Andrea Camilleri author site
www.andreacamilleri.net/
Guardian on Camilleri and Italian crime writing
books.guardian.co.uk/ departments/ crime/ story/ 0,,1921838,00.html
Carlo Lucarelli author site
www.carlolucarelli.net/index2.htm
Massimo Carlotto author website
www.massimocarlotto.it/ english/ biography.html
