The Root of all Evil

Commissario Balistreri #2

Roberto Costantini, N.S. Thompson

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English

Headline
09 June 2015

Fiction & Literature; Crime & Mystery; Fiction in translation

Series: Commissario Balistreri Trilogy

Tripoli, 1960s. During the years in which post-colonial Libya fell prey to the sprawling greed of the West, Michele Balistreri suffered a succession of blows that would scar him for life. The death of his mother; the unspeakable horror that befell his best friend's family; his father's role in Gaddafi's ascent to power; and the innocent blood pact that would corrupt the course of his future.

Rome, 1982. In the wake of a ruinous blunder, a ground-down Commissario Balistreri escapes his regrets through sex, alcohol and gambling. His sole responsibilities are now a stilted investigation into the death of a South American student, and a tiresome obligation - as a gratitude to the man who saved his career - to a rising television starlet needing protection from the pitfalls of fame.

As the risks to this girl, Claudia Teodori, begin to rise along with her reputation, the sorrows of Balistreri's past also start to push back into his present. Both of their fates are inextricably linked - and this driven, obsessive young woman must help this damaged detective fight a foe that follows her and refuses to forget him.

By: Roberto Costantini
Translated by: N.S. Thompson
Imprint: Headline
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 2
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 131mm, Spine: 44mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9780857389367
ISBN 10: 085738936X
Series: Commissario Balistreri Trilogy
Pages: 688
Publication Date: 09 June 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Author Website: http://www.wardmccandlish.co.uk/AuthorPhoto/QuercusPublishing/Roberto_Costantini.jpg

Roberto Costantini was born in Tripoli in 1952. Formerly an engineer and business consultant, he is now a manager of the LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome, where he also teaches on the MBA program. N.S. Thompson was born in Manchester, educated at Oxford and lived a number of years in Italy as Curator of 'Casa Guidi', the Brownings' home in Florence. His prose translations include Leonardo Sciascia, Sicilian Uncles (Granta).

Reviews for The Root of all Evil: Commissario Balistreri #2

'Gripping' The Sun. * Sun * 'A state-of-the-nation piece ... it bristles with the same effortless authority' Barry Forshaw, Good Book Guide. * Good Book Guide *