An analysis of the relationship between detective fiction and its setting, this book is the most wide-ranging examination of the way in which Italian detective fiction in the last 20 years has become a means to articulate the changes in the social landscape of the country.
An analysis of the relationship between detective fiction and its setting, this book is the most wide-ranging examination of the way in which Italian detective fiction in the last 20 years has become a means to articulate the changes in the social landscape of the country.
Contents: Epigraphs Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Giallo and the City 1 Milan, the city of crime Piero Colaprico and Pietro Valpreda's 'Dynamic' Milan Andrea G. Pinketts' Grotesque Milan Sandrone Dazieri and a Manichean Image of the City 2 Turin, between History and News Bruno Ventavoli and the 'Savoy Kasbah' Piero Soria and the Renewal of Turin's Pride 3 Naples, the sulphurous city Siviero's Naples as the Dystopian City of the Future 4 Palermo, beauty and the Mafia Piazzese and a Schizophrenic Palermo Part II: Giallo and urban sprawl 5 Bologna and the Via Emilia Carlo Lucarelli and a Dilating Bologna 6 Italy's North-east, the Corroded Engine of Italy Massimo Carlotto and the Alligator series Part III: Giallo and the Island 7 Sicily between Old and New Andrea Camilleri and Vigàta, the Imaginary 'Island' 8 Sardinia, the Motherland Marcello Fois and his Contemporary Trilogy Conclusion Part IV: Interviews Bibliography Index About the Author
Contents: Epigraphs Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Giallo and the City 1 Milan, the city of crime Piero Colaprico and Pietro Valpreda's 'Dynamic' Milan Andrea G. Pinketts' Grotesque Milan Sandrone Dazieri and a Manichean Image of the City 2 Turin, between History and News Bruno Ventavoli and the 'Savoy Kasbah' Piero Soria and the Renewal of Turin's Pride 3 Naples, the sulphurous city Siviero's Naples as the Dystopian City of the Future 4 Palermo, beauty and the Mafia Piazzese and a Schizophrenic Palermo Part II: Giallo and urban sprawl 5 Bologna and the Via Emilia Carlo Lucarelli and a Dilating Bologna 6 Italy's North-east, the Corroded Engine of Italy Massimo Carlotto and the Alligator series Part III: Giallo and the Island 7 Sicily between Old and New Andrea Camilleri and Vigàta, the Imaginary 'Island' 8 Sardinia, the Motherland Marcello Fois and his Contemporary Trilogy Conclusion Part IV: Interviews Bibliography Index About the Author
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