Death's Dark Abyss - Softcover

Carlotto, Massimo

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ISBN 10: 1933372184 ISBN 13: 9781933372181

Publisher: Europa Editions, 2006

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A riveting story of guilt, revenge, and justice, Massimo Carlotto's Death's Dark Abyss tells the tale of two men and the savage crime that irreversibly binds them.

During a bungled robbery atempti, Raffaello Beggiato takes a young woman and her eight-year-old child hostage. He later murders both in cold blood. Beggiato is arrested, tried, and sentenced to life. Undone by his loss, the victims' father and husband, Silvano Contin, plunges into an ever-deepening abyss until the day, fifteen years later, when the murderer seeks his pardon. The wonded Silvano turns predator as he ruthlessly plots his revenge.

Two dramatic stories meet in this stylish, passionate indictment of a legal system that seems powerless either to compensate victims or to rehabilitate perpetrators.

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"[A] remarkable study of corruption and redemption in a world where revenge is best served ice-cold."
--Kirkus Reviews

"[A] subtle and disturbing tale of the effects of violence on its survivors...[P]lausible and heartbreaking."
--Publisher's Weekly

Praise for Massimo Carlotto

"Massimo Carlotto has a history as riveting as any novel."
--Chicago Tribune

"Carlotto is the reigning king of Mediterranean noir."
--The Boston Phoenix

"In hardboiled fiction, there is this hardcore Italian guy I suggest: Massimo Carlotto. Tough as fuck."
--Guillermo del Toro, Director

"The best living Italian crime writer."
--Il Manifesto

"Carlotto [...] provides a machine-gun pace, a jaundiced eye for political corruption and a refreshing absence of anything approaching a moral vision."
--Kirkus Reviews, on At the End of a Dull Day

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PublisherEuropa Editions
Publication date2006
ISBN 10 1933372184
ISBN 13 9781933372181
BindingPaperback
Number of pages192
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. New York. Europa Editions. 2006. First printing in this edition. Soft Covers. Yellow wraps with orange and red titles. Condition is New. French flaps. Translated from the Italian by Lawrence Venuti. One of the foremost Italian writers of crime noir, the author spent many years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. A riveting drama of guilt, revenge, and justice, this title tells the story of two men and the savage crime that binds them. During a robbery, Raffaello Beggiato takes a young woman and her child hostage and later murders them. Beggiato is arrested, tried, and sentenced to life. The victims' father and husband, Silvano, plunges into an ever-deepening abyss until the day, years later, when the murderer seeks his pardon and Silvano turns predator as he ruthlessly plots his revenge. Seller Inventory # MAY17.22001

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