Bloody Italy
Subtitle: Essays on Crime Writing in Italian Settings
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers; McFarland
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780786458646
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, history and criticism; Italy, in literature; Police in literature
Description: "This book is an analysis of fiction and nonfiction set in Italy. The writers discussed range from Donna Leon, Michael Dibdin, Leonardo Sciascia, Andrea Camilleri, 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"--