Importance of Place in Contemporary Italian Crime Fiction

Barbara Pezzotti teaches Italian language and culture in various tertiary institutions in New Zealand.

• Contents: EpigraphsContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Giallo and the City 1 Milan, the city of crimePiero Colaprico and Pietro Valpreda’s ‘Dynamic’ MilanAndrea G. Pinketts’ Grotesque MilanSandrone Dazieri and a Manichean Image of the City2 Turin, between History and NewsBruno Ventavoli and the ‘Savoy Kasbah’Piero Soria and the Renewal of Turin’s Pride3 Naples, the sulphurous citySiviero’s Naples as the Dystopian City of the Future4 Palermo, beauty and the MafiaPiazzese and a Schizophrenic PalermoPart II: Giallo and urban sprawl5 Bologna and the Via EmiliaCarlo Lucarelli and a Dilating Bologna6 Italy’s North-east, the Corroded Engine of ItalyMassimo Carlotto and the Alligator seriesPart III: Giallo and the Island7 Sicily between Old and NewAndrea Camilleri and Vigàta, the Imaginary ‘Island’8 Sardinia, the MotherlandMarcello Fois and his Contemporary TrilogyConclusion Part IV: InterviewsBibliography Index About the Author

[This book] contribute[s] to broadening the interest in the genre [crime fiction] beyond Italian national borders, by presenting to English readers the Italian manifestation of crime fiction. . . .An informative value can . . . be traced in Barbara Pezzotti's The Importance of Place in Contemporary Italian Crime Fiction: A Bloody Journey. . . .It is time for academic scholasrs to recognize the existence of this rich, broad literary and cultural discourse, developed at the margins or outside university borders, and often on the Web: acknowledging it, and interacting with its interlocutors, seems nowadays a necessity for all those working on contemporary literature.