num_pages: 192
description: "A narrative voice that is cold, heartless, but, in a creepy way, fascinating."- The New York TimesA riveting drama of guilt, revenge, and justice, Massimo Carlotto's Death's Dark Abyss tells the story of two men and the savage crime that binds them. During a robbery, Raffaello Beggiato takes a young woman and her child hostage and later murders them. Beggiato is arrested, tried, and sentenced to life. The victims' father and husband, Silvano, is undone by his loss. He plunges into an ever-deepening abyss until the day, years later, when the murderer seeks his pardon, and the wounded Silvano turns predator as he ruthlessly plots his revenge.
language: English
title: Death's Dark Abyss
titlecomplete: Death's Dark Abyss
characters: Silvano Contin, Raffaello Beggiato
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Thriller, 20th Century, Crime, Noir, Italy, Italian Literature, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 466
publisher: Europa Editions