At the Bar Lume, in a small coastal resort in Northern Italy, between shots of espresso and hands of cards, four old-timers and Massimo the barman while away the time chatting, arguing and theorising about the murder of a young woman in their town.They analise the...
Italian seaside resorts are perhaps not so different from towns like Blackpool or Skegness, except for more reliable sunshine. Set in his home town of Forte dei Marmi on the Tuscan coast, Fabio Genovesi's Strega Prize-winning novel strips away the veneer and follows...