Bøger af Massimo Carlotto

Marco Buratti detto l'Alligatore e i suoi soci Max la Memoria e Beniamino Rossini sono caduti in una trappola ordita dal nemico più pericoloso con cui abbiano dovuto misurarsi: Giorgio Pellegrini. Pellegrini, in fuga dalla Legge e dalle pallottole di Beniamino Rossini, non intende vivere da latitante per il resto della vita e decide di diventare un infiltrato per conto della polizia. Qualcosa va storto e una squadra di killer spietati arriva dall'estero per assassinare sua moglie e la sua amante. L'indagine parallela per identificare i responsabili viene affidata all'Alligatore e ai suoi soci. Loro non vorrebbero avere nulla a che fare con la vicenda ma vengono ricattati dalla dottoressa Angela Marino, alto funzionario del ministero dell'Interno. La missione affidata a Pellegrini ufficialmente non esiste e non sono previsti testimoni. I nostri scoprono ben presto che il loro destino è comunque segnato. Anche se riusciranno nell'impresa rischieranno di essere tolti di mezzo da una falsa accusa che potrebbe mandarli in carcere per molti anni. Buratti, Max e Beniamino reagiscono. Giocano questa partita senza regole per cercare di sopravvivere.

Un lladre desafortunat i una excrupier alemanya es troben en la ciutat turística de Rimini.Quan l'Adelmo veu una finestra oberta en un edifici solemne i elegant, no pot evitar sucumbir a la temptació. Un cop a dins, però, s'adona que no està sol. Amb ell està la Lise, una excrupier alemanya i extravagant. El robatori es converteix en una sèrie de visites mentre sentiments estranys i complexos afloren en les seves converses, on entendran l'amor i també la foscor de l'ésser humà. Una novel·la sobre crims passionals, sobre sacrifici i traumes del passat.Massimo Carlotto (Pàdua, 1956), escriptor, dramaturg i guionista. Considerat un dels màxims representants de la novel·la negra italiana. A més d’"Il Fuggiasco", novel·la autobiogràfica, entre els seus títols de ficció destaquen "L’oscura inmensità della morte", "Arrivederci amore, ciao" i la sèrie protagonitzada pel detectiu Marco Buratti. Tots els seus llibres han estat traduïts a nombroses llengües i són un instrument per conèixer la realitat que ens envolta i, sobretot, el concepte de justícia, una de les seves grans dèries.

La «senyora del dimarts» és l’única clienta fidel que li queda a Bonamente Fanzago, Zagor, després de posar fi a la seva carrera d’èxits en el món del cinema per a adults. És gigoló tant a la gran pantalla com a la vida real, però un ictus l’obliga a deixar els seus encontres sexuals i la seva vida anterior. Amb Nanà, de qui no se sap gaire res, es troben cada dimarts a la mateixa hora en una pensió de poc glamur. Qui és, però, aquesta dona que fa perdre el cap al protagonista? D’on ha sortit i què busca? Un relat que planteja tot un reguitzell de secrets i interrogants que no deixen indiferent a ningú. Massimo Carlotto ens presenta aquesta novel·la negra per fer-nos reflexionar sobre una societat que viu enganyada en un món d’injustícies. Una novel·la amb una trama lineal que enganxa però també ens sorprèn amb l’inesperat.Massimo Carlotto (Pàdua, 1956), escriptor, dramaturg i guionista. Considerat un dels màxims representants de la novel·la negra italiana. A més d’"Il Fuggiasco", novel·la autobiogràfica, entre els seus títols de ficció destaquen "L’oscura inmensità della morte", "Arrivederci amore, ciao" i la sèrie protagonitzada pel detectiu Marco Buratti. Tots els seus llibres han estat traduïts a nombroses llengües i són un instrument per conèixer la realitat que ens envolta i, sobretot, el concepte de justícia, una de les seves grans dèries.

Three gripping novellas of addiction, corruption and revenge.

PI Marco "e;the Alligator"e; Buratti returns in a "e;raucous, delicious ride"e; from the celebrated Italian crime writer and author of Bandit Love (Cedar Rapids Gazette).Padua, Italy. An unremarkable man, a husband and father, disappears without a trace. After a few months of searching, the police send his file to the cold cases department to be thrown in with the files of other missing persons. One woman knows the truth about his disappearance, but, being the daughter of a prominent and wealthy Swiss industrialist, she fears coming forward with what she knows: that she was his lover and that there is more to his disappearance than another bored suburban husband running out on his wife. Stricken by guilt, she finally confides in a lawyer who advises her to turn to Marco Buratti, a.k.a. the Alligator, for help.Buratti agrees to assist the woman. Initially, the case of the woman's missing lover seems like a lost cause, but a clue puts the Alligator and his trusted associates, Max the Memory and Beniamino Rossini, on the trail of the unscrupulous and brilliant criminal, Giorgio Pellegrini, protagonist of The Goodbye Kiss and At the End of a Dull Day.The deadly game of chicken in which the good guys and the bad guys are often hard to tell apart is Carlotto's specialty. But good or bad, these men are survivors in a world where the once ironclad criminal codes of conduct are disappearing and new criminal syndicates do vicious battle with old."e;A shaded caper and an earnest investigation into the nature of evil that reads like a runaway train, and confirms Carlotto as equal to any of the English-writing czars of noir."e; -LoveReading"e;Gang of Lovers is Italian 'hard boiled' noir but with the shell left on."e; -Crime Scraps Review

From the author of Death's Dark Abyss and The Goodbye Kiss comes an extraordinary tale of life on the run. Massimo Carlotto's odyssey began in 1976 when, as a member of a militant leftwing organization that had fallen awry of the ruling powers, he was arrested and falsely accused of murder. Unwilling to play the role of fall guy in a political power struggle, he chose to flee the country rather than wait for a verdict that the whole country knew was a foregone conclusion. He first went into hiding in the French underworld and then made his way to a Mexico embroiled in bloody class conflict. Betrayed by a Mexican lawyer, he returned to Italy in 1985 and spent six years in prison, during which time the ';Carlotto case' became Italy's most famous legal fiasco. Carlotto was finally freed with a presidential pardon in 1993. Subsequently, his case helped bring about significant changes to the Italian criminal code to ensure that similar judicial travesties would never happen again. The Fugitive is the first book that Carlotto wrote as a free man. It tells his story with verve and humor. Virtually a handbook on how to live life on the run, The Fugitive is also a vibrant novel full of vivid underworld characters and breathtaking moments that Carlotto recounts in the cool, lucid prose that has become his trademark.

';Think The Sopranos meets Goodfellaswithout the Americanized gloss... [A] not-for-the-faint-hearted novel by an Italian master' (Reading Matters). In The Colombian Mule, the author called ';the reigning king of Mediterranean noir' (The Boston Phoenix) and ';the best living Italian crime writer' (Il Manifesto) brings to riveting life the story of Aras Cuevas, who sets in motion a chain of bloody events when police catch him trying to carry a shipment of La Ta's cocaine into Italy. The intended recipient of the coke appears to have been art smuggler Nazzareno Corradi. But Corradi has been set up. He hires a PI known as ';the Alligator' to get him out of the mess he's in. Meanwhile, La Ta, a notoriously ruthless figure in the Colombian drug trade, is determined to move her operation to Italy, where cocaine has become all the rage among the professional classes. There's only one thing standing in her way: the Alligator. The Alligator, an ex-con-turned-investigator, and his two companions, former underworld heavy Beniamino Rossini and Max the Memory, are among Massimo Carlotto's most vivid noir creations. Together, the three men will wade deep into a criminal world of few scruples, testing their own strict and specific moral code along the way. ';The morally ambiguous tone makes this an intriguing read, and the suspense is well maintained.' Manchester Evening News ';A fascinating glimpse into Italian culture and justice system. It's sparely written and though quite short, there's a lot of action ... dark and gritty.' Euro Crime ';[A] brilliant book.' The Friendly Shelf

International secret police operations, drug trafficking, prostitution, and identity theft set the stage for the eternal struggle between Good and Evil

Marco bliver opsøgt af en kvindelig advokat, som vil have ham til at finde en mand, der er forsvundet. I Sandheden om Alligatoren, der foregår i området omkring Padova, guides læseren rundt i en verden, hvor grænserne mellem over- og underverdenen er ganske udviskede, og hvor det kun er muligt at begå sig ved at tage loven i egen hånd. Det gør Alligatoren sammen med sin makker, Beniamino Rossini. De har lært hinanden at kende i fængslet. I modsætning til Alligatoren, der er pacifist, er Rossini mere den håndfaste type, der normalt ikke går af vejen for at gøre modstandere tavse. De to udgør et fascinerende og meget menneskeligt par, som læseren har svært ved ikke at fatte sympati for. Marco Burattis tilnavn, Alligatoren, skyldes hans tid som sanger i bluesgruppen The Red Alligators. Han synger ikke længere, men som selvbestaltet privatdetektiv roder han op i fortidens snavs. I Italien er det aldrig lykkedes at skabe tilslutning til statens magtmonopol. Tværtimod er staten hadet og afskyet i store dele af befolkningen, og den organiserede kriminalitet hersker stadig som et parallelt magtapparat – og slet ikke kun på Sicilien. En lille, tætskrevet krimi, der ikke trækker op i tempo. Den er mere til de opklarings/krimigåde læsende, end til dem der er til spænding, fart og tempo. Måske nogle Italiens elskere også vil synes om den - den er i hvert fald oplagt til en ferie i Padova. Camilla Sejerøe, lektør.