'A master storyteller' Barry Forshaw, Independent.

Independent

'A rich, rewarding read' Laura Wilson.

Laura Wilson

'A broodingly atmospheric and engaging crime thriller' Mail on Sunday.

Mail on Sunday

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'Varesi exposes a dark history that still has the power to unsettle' Joan Smith, Sunday Times.

Sunday Times

Commissario Soneri returns home for a hard-earned autumn holiday, hoping to spend a few days mushroom picking on the slopes of Montelupo. This isolated village relies on the salame factory founded in the post-war years by Palmiro Rodolfi, and now run by his son, Paride. On arrival, Soneri is greeted by anxious rumours about the factory's solvency and the younger Rodolfi's whereabouts. Not long afterwards, a decomposing body is found in the woods. In the shadow of Montelupo, carabinieri prepare to apprehend their chief suspect - an ageing woodsman who defended the same mountains from S.S. commandos during the war.
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Commissario Soneri returns to his roots, only to find a town consumed by corruption and a death that is not all it seems...

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781906694357
Publisert
2013
Utgiver
Vendor
MacLehose Press
Vekt
220 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
128 mm
Dybde
20 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
256

Forfatter
Oversetter

Om bidragsyterne

Valerio Varesi has been the Parma correspondent for La Stampa and La Repubblica. River of Shadows was the first of a series of thrillers featuring Commissario Soneri, now the central figure of one of Italy's most popular television dramas. It was followed in English translation by The Dark Valley, Gold Frankincense and Dust and A Woman Much Missed. Joseph Farrell is Emeritus Professor at the University of Strathclyde. His books include a cultural history of Sicily and biographies of Dario Fo and Leonardo Sciascia. He is also a renowned translator from the Italian, whose translations include works by Leonardo Sciascia, Vincenzo Consolo, Dario Fo and Valerio Varesi. He lives in Glasgow.