Review: The Leopard – Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Every so often one comes across a book which makes you feel that you should have known about this years ago, that one’s literary education was incomplete before you read it. Lampedusa’s The Leopard is...
View ArticleReview: How I Lost the War – Fillipo Bologna
A new novel from Pushkin Press is always welcome and How I Lost The War proved to be as expected, a witty but thought-provoking read with bags of Italian flavour to transport readers into fragrant...
View ArticleReview: The Age of Doubt – Andrea Camillieri
I’m new to Andrea Camilleri’s Inspector Montalbano series of books. The Age of Doubt is number 14 so I have a lot of catching up to do. A bit of research on Andrea Camilleri showed me that he (yes,...
View ArticleReview: New Finnish Grammar – Diego Marani
The subdued art-work on the cover matches the plain title of this book, but first impressions in a book-shop can be safely ignored – Diego Marani’s New Finnish Grammar is a very inventive and unusual...
View ArticleReview: A Private Venus – Georgio Scerbanenco
I’m writing this week about two examples of “Noir” crime fiction. On Monday I featured Severe by French writer Régis Jauffret. Today my featured book is an example of Italian Noir, A Private Venus by...
View ArticleReview: The Dance of the Seagull – Andrea Camilleri
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