Bloody Italy: Essays on Crime Writing in Italian Settings

· McFarland
Ebook
208
Pages
Eligible

About this ebook

These new essays comprise a critical analysis of present-day crime fiction and nonfiction works set in Italy (all of which are available in English). The writers discussed range from Donna Leon and Michael Dibdin to Leonardo Sciascia and Andrea Camilleri. Essays also deal with nonfiction by Roberto Saviano and Douglas Preston. An emerging theme is the corruption of Italian police and judiciary officials and the frustration of officers and politicians trying to work ethically within a flawed system. Many of the works discussed show the struggle of the honest characters to find at least a limited justice for the victims.

About the author

Patricia Prandini Buckler, is an assistant professor of English and an adjunct assistant professor of women’s and gender studies at Indiana University Northwest in Gary, as well as a professor emerita of English at Purdue University. She lives in Valparaiso, Indiana.

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