“Some Japanese stories end violently. Others never end at all, but only cut away, at the moment of extreme crisis, to a butterfly, or the wind, or the moon.”—Brian Phillips
An elderly academic on his way home from the cinema is accosted by a homeless woman. She tells him her name is Laura. So begins a nightmarish journey for Gerald, a historian forced to confront the mystery of his own past, and to ask himself if he has lived a good life—or even a decent one.
2020, pp. 352, £ 6.99 Region: Italy Book collection: World Noir
This new instalment in Maurizio de Giovanni’s bestselling “Bastards of Pizzofalcone” series unfolds during the crisp beginning of April in contemporary Naples.
2020, pp. 208, £ 9.99 Region: Italy Book collection: World Noir
International secret police operations, drug trafficking, prostitution, and identity theft set the stage for the eternal struggle between Good and Evil