Carte Blanche by Carlo Lucarelli
April 1945, Italy. The final days of the Fascist Republic. World War I is nearing it's frantic conclusion. The regime's days are numbered, it's disgraced leaders know it, and their quibbling over pieces of the post-war pie is getting more desperate by the minute. Commissario De Luca has been handed a murder investigation that will draw him into the private lives of the rich, priviledged, and powerful. With Mussolini's house of cards ready to collapse, he faces a world mired in sadistic sex, dirty money, drugs, and murder. Carte Blanche, the first installment in Carlo Lucarelli's De Luca Trilogy, is more than a first-rate crime story. It is also an investigation into the workings of justice in a state that is crumbling under the weight of profound historic change. The De Luca Trilogy is set during one of modern history's seminal moments and describes a nation's ardent search to rediscover its moral bearings after being torn in two by civil strife and political corruption. Threatened by the machinations of a decaying political class, De Luca, himself reminiscent of the disenchanted Dashiell Hammett PI, is a simple man doing a tough job as best he can. Even when he has wrapped up his investigation, Commissario De Luca will still have to face one final, fateful decision.Carlo Lucarelli is a well-known crime writer in Italy. He was born in the city of Parma in the year 1960. His first novel, the De Luca Trilogy (Carte Blanche, The Cursed Season, Via delle Oche), was written in 1990, and he has subsequently published over a dozen novels and collections of short tales. He hosts the Italian network television program Blue Night, and his novels Nearly Blue and Lupo Mannaro have both been adapted into blockbuster films.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781933372150 |
| ISBN 10 | 193337215X |
| Title | Carte Blanche |
| Author | Carlo Lucarelli |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Europa Editions |
| Year published | 2006-07-01 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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