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Transferred to Naples after a tangle with the Sicilian Mafia, DI Giuseppe Lojacono encounters an even more deadly foe: a sinister killer of teenagers that the locals are calling The Crocodile. A bestseller in Italy; translated by Antony Shugaar.
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Maurizio de Giovanni lives and works in Naples. In 2005, he won a writing competition for unpublished authors with a short story set in the thirties about Commissario Ricciardi, which was then turned into the first novel of the series. His books have been successfully translated into French, Spanish and German, and are now available in English.
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Inspector Giuseppe Lojacono, wrongfully accused of passing information to the Mafia in Sicily, has been banished to Naples. He’s miserable. His wife believes the accusation, his teenage daughter won’t speak to him, and, despite his formidable investigative skills, he is given no duties. He sits playing cards against his office computer. That changes when a teenager is murdered, and frenzied Naples’ journalists dub the killer The Crocodile. A driven young female prosecutor who oversees the investigation unexpectedly puts Lojacono in charge. Two more identical murders occur, and the only thing the victims have in common is having been raised by dedicated, loving, single parents. Through his characters, de Giovanni—who lives in Naples—portrays a grimy, crowded, crumbling metropolis filled with people who steadfastly avoid engagement with the city; Lojacono’s understanding of his “invisible” quarry largely springs from his own estrangement from Naples. All the primary characters are lovelorn, and each gets her or his own aria in what comes to feel like a noir opera. The Crocodile offers an elegant narrative and vividly rendered characters. It’s genuinely seductive. --Thomas Gaughan
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- PublisherAbacus
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 0349138885
- ISBN 13 9780349138886
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages263
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Condition: Muy bueno. : Transferred to Naples after a tangle with the Sicilian Mafia, Detective Inspector Giuseppe Lojacono feels that he's marking time, waiting out an awkward scandal. But when the bloodied bodies of teenagers start appearing around the city, victims of a strange and sinister killer whom police and locals take to calling The Crocodile, it soon becomes clear to Lojacono that the killings are more than simple Mafia hits, and that the labyrinthine streets of Naples are more deadly than he'd dared imagine. Can he catch the assassin in time to save the city's innocents? A bestseller in Italy, The Crocodile is a dark, bloody story of murder and revenge that will grip and thrill you. Seguir leyendo CRÍTICASThis novel is a perfect killing machine of flesh, bone, blood and cartilage. The story of the Crocodile will make you tremble to your very soul (Donato Carrisi, internationally bestselling author of The Whisperer)The Naples we are plunged into in de Giovanni's vivid and astringent novel is a phantasmagoric place . . . [The novel is] rich and strange (Barry Forshaw Financial Times)A wonderfully suspenseful novel in which de Giovanni restores life to the cliche of the world-weary detective . [and] explores Lojacono's loneliness and vulnerability while simultaneously revealing his brilliance (Kirkus starred review)Engaging and emotional, The Crocodile is a memorable take on revenge (Sydney Morning Herald)De Giovanni manages to conjure up the terrifying darkness at the heart of a serial killer in this chilling procedural (Publisher's Weekly)Intriguing . . . De Giovanni's tale is fast-paced (Julian Fleming Sunday Business Post)Engaging and emotional, The Crocodile is a memorable take on revenge (Sydney Morning Herald) CONTRAPORTADATransferred to Naples after a tangle with the Sicilian Mafia, Detective Inspector Giuseppe Lojacono feels that he's marking time, waiting out an awkward scandal. But when the bloodied bodies of teenagers start appearing around the city, victims of a strange and sinister killer whom police and locals take to calling The Crocodile, it soon becomes clear to Lojacono that the killings are more than simple Mafia hits, and that the labyrinthine streets of Naples are more deadly than he'd dared imagine. Can he catch the assassin in time to save the city's innocents?A bestseller in Italy, The Crocodile is a dark, bloody story of murder and revenge that will grip and thrill you.BIOGRAFÍA DEL AUTORMaurizio de Giovanni lives and works in Naples. In 2005, he won a writing competition for unpublished authors with a short story set in the 1930s featuring the detective Ricciardi, and then went on to write his bestselling series of Ricciardi novels. The Crocodile marks the beginning of a new crime series set in present-day Naples and featuring Detective Inspector Lojacono. His books have been successfully translated into several languages, and a television adaptation is underway in Italy. Seguir leyendo EAN: 9780349138886 Tipo: Libros Título: The Crocodile Autor: de Giovanni, Maurizio Editorial: Abacus Formato: Libro de bolsillo. Seller Inventory # Happ-2024-03-14-089ec0ec
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