Although I have no idea how this book first came to my attention, (I follow a twisting path with many diversions on these literary research expeditions), I'm so glad I happened upon it. I can safely say that this might be the best thriller about a beleaguered mushroom...
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...
Ferocity, winner of the Strega prize in 2015, is an exhilirating, ambitious, and vivid work of fiction by Nicola LaGioia, one of Italy's foremost literary novelists. The story is set in the ’80s in southern Italy, mainly in the cities of Taranto and the author's home...
Tuscan author and chemist Marco Malvaldi began writing in 2007 and is probably best known for his quirky detective series featuring barman Massimo and his elderly clientele-cum-sleuths at the Bar Lume.
Did you know that before beginning his acclaimed Cemetery of Forgotten Books series, Ruiz Zafón wrote several books for young adults? As he writes in his preface, Marina is the final one he completed before embarking on The Shadow of the Wind, and it is a book that...