by Marcello Fois · List · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783548607078
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«Scheol» is the crime novel by Marcello Fois, published in 2007 by List in paperback (186 pages, in German).
Inspector Ruben Massei, of the Squadra Mobile in Rome, investigates on his own the disappearance of a wealthy Jewish lady and three neo-Nazis in a villa near Rome. The case confronts him with his origins: he is Jewish and his family was exterminated at Auschwitz in 1943. Obsessed with the truth, he follows clues and ghosts until he disrupts his orderly life.
The original title of the work is «Sheol», first published in 1997; this German edition came out in 2007.
For readers of crime fiction and stories that combine police investigation with historical memory.
Marcello Fois is an Italian writer. He was born in Nuoro in Sardinia and studied at the University of Bologna. His first novel Ferro Recente was published in 1989. A prolific author, he has also written scripts for radio, TV, film and theatre. He has won numerous prizes, including:1992 – Premio Italo Calvino for Picta 1997 – Premio Dessì for Nulla 1998 – Premio Scerbanenco for Sempre caro 2002 – Premio Fedeli for Dura madre 2007 – Premio Lama e trama 2007 – Premio Super Grinzane Cavour for Memoria del vuoto 2007 – Premio Volponi for Memoria del vuoto 2007 – Premio Alassio Centolibri - Un Autore per l'Europa for Memoria del vuoto
