This letter is your death sentence. To avenge what you have done you will die. But what has Manno the pharmacist done? Nothing that he can think of. The next day he and his hunting companion are both dead. The police investigation is inconclusive. However
"It's a collection enhanced by an unerring sense of place . . . that will please the most discriminating lovers of the dark side."--
Kirkus Reviews
"It took long enough for Akashic's noir series to get to Philly. Now that it has, compiled under the shad
A bold, insightful book that rejects the myth of America the Unphilosophical, arguing that America today towers as the most philosophical culture in the history of the world, an unprecedented marketplace of truth and argument that far surpasses ancient Gr
Candido, or A Dream dreamed in Sicily, is about a character stricken from birth with a strange disability: a devotion to naked, unadorned truth. Child, adolescent and man, he is drawn into many difficulties by his affliction. "Things are always simple," h
This is an all new version of the popular PARALLEL TEXT series, containing eight pieces of contemporary fiction in the original Italian and in English translation. Including stories by Calvino, Benni, Sciascia and Levi, this volume gives a fascinating ins
A man is shot dead as he runs to catch the bus in the piazza of a small Sicilian town. Captain Bellodi, the detective on the case, is new to his job and determined to prove himself. Bellodi suspects the Mafia, and his suspicions grow when he finds himself
Pubblicato nell’autunno del 1978, mentre ribollivano le polemiche sul caso Moro, e altre suscitandone, a distanza di cinque anni questo libro potrebbe anche esser letto come «opera letteraria». Ma l’autore – come membro della Commissione parlament
The expression 'Sicilian uncle' has the same sense in Italian as 'Dutch uncle' does in English, but with sinister overtones of betrayal and inconstancy. The four novellas in Sicilian Uncles (1958) political thrillers of a kind - are the first fruits of Sc
Una storia semplice è una storia complicatissima, un giallo siciliano, con sfondo di mafia e droga. Eppure mai – ed è un vero tour de force – l'autore si trova costretto a nominare sia l'una sia l'altra parola. Tutto comincia con una telefonata alla
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