by Gianrico Carofiglio · Rizzoli · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788817023627
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«Il passato è una terra straniera» is the suspense novel by Gianrico Carofiglio, published by Rizzoli in paperback (297 pages, in Italian).
Young law student Giorgio leads a normal, somewhat monotonous life until he meets Francesco, a charismatic cardsharp who introduces him to marked cards and scams. Their friendship spirals into violence and corruption while a carabinieri officer investigates a series of assaults in a hidden Bari.
Winner of the Bancarella Prize, the work was originally published in 2004; this edition is from 2008. The cover announces the film adaptation by Daniele Vicari starring Elio Germano.
For readers of psychological thrillers and crime fiction interested in contemporary Italian narrative.
Gianrico Carofiglio is an Italian novelist and former anti-Mafia judge in the city of Bari. His debut novel, Involuntary Witness, published in 2002 and translated into English in 2005 by Patrick Creagh, was published by the Bitter Lemon Press and has been adapted as the basis for a popular television series in Italy. The subsequent novels were translated by Howard Curtis and Antony Shugaar.
