A Walk in the Dark (Guido Guerrieri) - Softcover

Carofiglio, Gianrico

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1904738176 ISBN 13: 9781904738176

Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press, 2006

Synopsis

Praise for Involuntary Witness:

“Raises the standard for crime fiction. Carofiglio’s deft touch has given us a story that is both literary and gritty—and one that speeds along like the best legal thrillers. His insights into human nature—good and bad—are breathtaking.”—Jeffery Deaver

“A stunner. The veracity of the setting and the humanity of the lawyer make the novel a courtroom drama of rare quality.”—The Times

“Compelling novel written by a prosecutor, the scourge of local criminals who likes to write books that make his readers cry. Reveals both a flawed legal system and debunks the myth of the macho Italian man.”—Observer

“Carofiglio writes crisp, ironical novels that are as much love stories and philosophi-cal treatises as they are legal thrillers.”—The New Yorker

When Martina accuses her ex-boyfriend—the son of a powerful local judge—of assault and battery, no witnesses can be persuaded to testify on her behalf, and one lawyer after another refuses to represent her. Guido Guerrieri knows the case could bring his legal career to a messy end, but he cannot resist the appeal of a hopeless cause. Nor can he deny an attraction to Sister Claudia, the young woman in charge of the shelter where Martina is living, who shares his love of martial arts and his virulent hatred of injustice.

About this title

About the Author

Carofiglio, born in 1961, is an anti-mafia judge in Southern Italy. He is responsible for important trials concerning organized crime, corruption and the traffic in human beings. Involuntary Witness was his first novel, now followed by two more bestsellers. Translator from the Italian of fiction and non-fiction

Review

"Involuntary Witness is a stunner. The trial itself is absorbing but it is the veracity of the setting and the humanity of the lawyer that makes the novel a courtroom drama of such rare quality." Times "A new voice, and one with which I am sure we will soon become familiar is that of Gianrico Carofiglio, an anti-mafia judge whose first crime novel, Involuntary Witness, has been a best seller in Italy and won many prizes. A powerful redemptive novel beautifully translated." Daily Mail "Compelling novel written by a judge, the scourge of local criminals who likes to write books that make his readers cry. An author that has the audacity to reveal both a flawed legal system and debunk the myth of the macho Italian man". Observer "The author occupies a niche similar to that which is filled in America by Erle Stanley Gardner and John Grisham. The genre is flourishing and if Carofiglio, following his fellow practitioners, has endowed his hero with discriminating taste for good food, he has none of their relish for brutality. Violence is kept at arm's length." Times Literary Supplement"

About this edition

• Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1904738176
• ISBN 13: 9781904738176
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 215