Our Daily War - Couverture rigide

Lucarelli, Carlo

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1916788742 ISBN 13 : 9781916788749

Editeur : Open Borders Press, 2025

Synopsis

Bologna, 1944. Comandante De Luca is tasked with investigating three brutal murders, with the lives of ten Italian hostages on the line. The pitch-black prequel to the Inspector De Luca quartet, by the master of Italian Noir.

In November 1944, in the worst winter ever known in Bologna, in the depths of the war, the bomb-scarred streets are home to starving refugees who have fled the advancing Allies. The Fascist Black Brigades, the officers of the S.S. and the partisans of the Italian Resistance compete for control of the city streets in bloody skirmishes.

Comandante De Luca, who has proved himself "the most brilliant investigator" in Bologna, but who is now unwillingly working for the Political Police in a building that doubles as a torture facility, finds himself in trouble when three murders land on his desk: a professor shot through the eye, an engineer beaten to death, and a German corporal left to be gnawed on by rats in a flooded cellar.

De Luca must rapidly unravel all three cases with ten lives on the line: ten Italian hostages who will face a Nazi firing squad if the corporal's killing is not solved to the German command's satisfaction.

As he navigates a web of personal and political motivations – his life increasingly at risk – De Luca will not stop until he has uncovered the dangerous secrets concealed in the frozen heart of his city.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Carlo Lucarelli was born in Parma in 1960. While researching for his thesis on the history of Italian law enforcement, he became intrigued by the Italian police force’s role in the political upheavals of the 1940s – during and after the Second World War. From this study of policing emerged his brilliantly engaging character De Luca.

Joseph Farrell is Professor Emeritus of Italian at the University of Strathclyde. His translations include works by Leonardo Sciascia, Vincenzo Consolo and Dario Fo.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Open Borders Press
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1916788742
• ISBN 13: 9781916788749
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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