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The Plague-Spreader’s Tale

The Plague-Spreader’s Tale

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Bufalino's first novel, written in 1950 but not published until 1981 after encouragement from...

Tommaso and the Blind Photographer

Tommaso and the Blind Photographer

Intrigue, blackmail and murder -- a dark satire from the great Italian humorist. Tommaso, a former...

Night’s Lies

Night’s Lies

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Four political prisoners spend their last night before facing the guillotine in the clifftop...

The Snack Thief

The Snack Thief

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When an elderly man is stabbed to death in the lift of his apartment block and a crewman on an...

The Voice of the Violin

The Voice of the Violin

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Montalbano's gruesome discovery of a naked young woman suffocated in her bed immediately sets him...

Vanishing Point

Vanishing Point

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An enigmatic mystery set in a fictional Genova. When an unidentified corpse is brought into the...

The Crocodile

The Crocodile

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Transferred to Naples after a tangle with the Sicilian Mafia, Detective Inspector Giuseppe...

The Leopard

The Leopard

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In the spring of 1860, Fabrizio, the charismatic Prince of Salina, still rules over thousands of...

Fontamara

Fontamara

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Fontamara is one of the Italian classics of the twentieth century. It was written in 1933 and was...

The Periodic Table

The Periodic Table

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Primo Levi's The Periodic Table is a collection of short stories that elegantly interlace the...

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1937 Japan government railway poster

Tokyo Express

Author: Seichō Matsumoto

In a rocky cove in the bay of Hakata, the bodies of a young and beautiful couple are discovered. Sta

Night Train to Lisbon

Night Train to Lisbon

Author: Pascal Mercier

Night Train to Lisbon follows Raimund Gregorius, a 57-year-old Classics scholar, on a journey that t

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I'm Not Scared

Author: Niccolò Ammaniti

One relentlessly hot summer, six children explore the scorched wheat fields that enclose their tiny

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