Traitors to All: A Duca Lamberti Noir (Melville International Crime)
Praise for Giorgio Scerbanenco“Compelling.” —The Wall Street Journal“A gem . . . A vivid portrait of Milan’s seamy underbelly . . . Scerbanenco reveals Duca Lamberti to us; in doing so, he also unveils the Italian hardboiled hero.”—Crime Fiction Lover“Scerbanenco’s dark, moody novels have much in common with the darkest of Scandinavian crime fiction . . . This forgotten noir classic from 1966 is finally available in translation. That’s good news!”—Library Journal“There is courage in his books, the courage to call things by their name . . . No filters shield you from the reality, which is as desperate, fierce, and stark as in the best novels of James Ellroy or Jim Thompson.” —Carlo Lucarelli“[Scerbanenco can be] as dark as Leonardo Sciascia, as deadpan realistic as Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, as probing in his observation of people as Simenon, as humane as Camilleri, as noir as Manchette . . . but with a dark, dark humor all his own.”—Detectives Beyond Borders“The Duca Lamberti novels are world-class noir, and their publication in English is long, long overdue.”—The Complete Review"A blast from the past, a sleek, stripped-down reminder of the fast, brutal days of Continental noir."—Kirkus