Escape by Dominique Manotti
It's 1987. Two prisoners, both Italian, break out of prison in a rubbish lorry. One heads for Paris, the other to Milan. The first Carlo, is killed in a shoot-out during a bank robbery - under suspicious circumstances. Frightened by the manhunt launched by Interpol, the second prisoner, Filippo, returns to Paris where he becomes a security guard. He spends his nights writing the story of a Red Brigadier, as recounted to him in prison by Carlo. His landlady Cristina finds him a publisher and the book becomes a bestseller. Filippo, carefully coached by his publishers press office, steadfastly refuses to own the story, insisting that all his stories are fiction and that this is a work of imagination. The public don t buy it, neither do the police, and dogged investigations begin to produce the reasons why. Ultimately Filippo cannot escape his fate: that of a man with an assumed identity that carries far greater risks than his own.
Dominique Manotti teaches nineteenth-century Economic History. Rough Trade (1900850877, GBP7.99), her first novel, was awarded the top prize for best thriller of the year by the French Crime Writers' Association and Book of the Year in The Independent by Amanda Hopkinson and Joan Smith; while Dead Horsemeat (190514735X, GBP11.99), her second, was shortlisted for the Duncan Lawrie International Dagger.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781909807556 |
| ISBN 10 | 1909807559 |
| Title | Escape |
| Author | Dominique Manotti |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Quercus Publishing |
| Year published | 2014-07-15 |
| Number of pages | 161 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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