The root of all evil
By: by Roberto Costantini ; translated by N.S. Thompson
Contributors: Thompson, N. S., translator
Series: Commissario Balistreri trilogy -- 2; Commissario Balistreri trilogy -- 2.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 676
ISBN-13: 9780857389336; 9780857389343; 9780857389350
Subjects: Police; Serial murders; Fiction
Work titles: Alle radici del male
Description: Tripoli, 1960s. During the years in which post-colonial Libya fell prey to the sprawling greed of the West. Michele Balistreri suffered a succession of blows that would scar him for life. The death of his mother; the unspeakable horror that befell his best friend's family; his father's role in Gaddafi's ascent to power; and the innocent blood pact that would corrupt the course of his future. Rome 1982. In the wake of a ruinous blunder, a ground-down Commissario Balistreri escapes his regrets through sex, alcohol and gambling. His sole responsibilities are now a stilted investigation into the death of a South American student, and a tiresome obligation -- as a gratitude to the man who saved his career -- to a rising starlet needing protection from the hidden pitfalls of fame. As the risks to this girl, Claudia Teodori, begin to rise along with her reputation, the sorrows of Balistreri's past also start to push back into his present. Both their fates are inextricably linked -- and this driven, obsessive young woman must help this damaged detective fight a foe that follows her and refuses to forget him.--from the Publisher.
Notes: Translated from the Italian.

Translated from the Italian.