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Almost Blue

Carlo Lucarelli

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English
Vintage
01 October 2004
'A compact and powerful masterpiece' Guardian

Shortlisted for CWA Gold Dagger Award

A serial killer is terrorising the people of Bologna and rookie Detective Inspector Grazia Negro is determined to solve the case. She only has one witness who can identify the killer - and he is blind. Simone spends his nights listening to Chet Baker and scanning the radio waves of the city, eavesdropping on other people's lives. He imagines what people are like - based on the 'colour' of their voice - and his acute hearing sets alarm bells ringing when he tunes in to the killer. Together Simone and Negro are the only people able to stop the killer, before he closes in on Simone.

From the diverse perspectives of the detective, the blind Simone and the killer, Lucarelli, master of Italian noir, weaves a gripping thriller.
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Imprint:   Vintage
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Height: 179mm,  Width: 110mm,  Spine: 12mm
Weight:   99g
ISBN:   9780099459439
ISBN 10:   0099459434
Pages:   128
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Carlo Lucarelli was born in 1960 in Modena, Italy. He has written eleven noir novels and his work has been translated into many languages. He hosts a popular late-night television show in Italy that examines unsettling and unsolved crimes. He also teaches creative writing in Turin and edits an on-line magazine.

Reviews for Almost Blue

A stunning tour de force Sunday Telegraph With a brilliantly psychotic villain shadowing Simone and Grazia, and a roller coaster plot that never slows...this is a compact and powerful masterpiece... More, please Guardian It's a thrill being in that darkened room with Simone as he eavesdrops on the killer... Eerie New York Times Vivid and impressionistic... A virtuoso performance Literary Review Eerily atmospheric, breathlessly paced and genuinely gripping Maxim


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