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Barry Forshaw

Crime fiction in translation is a taste the English are rapidly acquiring, and writing as vivid and astringent as Carofiglio's should accelerate the trend. The author is a brave man: an anti-Mafia judge in Puglia who has taken on the powerful and (lethal) corruption that is endemic in Italy. His debut novel (since followed by other, well-received books) begins with the body of a child being discovered in a well at a Southern Italian beach resort. A Senegalese peddler is arraigned for sexual assault and murder, but Defence Counsel Guido Guerrieri realises that the truth is more complex. A tangled skein of racism and judicial corruption confront Guerrieri. Italian crime fiction seems more ready to take on uncomfortable social issues than the home-grown product, and Carofigilo's trenchant prose makes for irresistible reading.




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