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A journey through Italian crime fiction: Sardinia

Città italiane in giallo

Città italiane in giallo Source: SBS Italian

The tenth and last episode of our series dedicated to gialli.


Our guide in this "Italian journey", Dr Barbara Pezzotti, takes us to Sardinia to meet two local authors of crime fiction.

Reading list about Sardinia

  • Marcello Fois, Meglio morti. Torino: Einaudi, 2000.
  • Marcello Fois. Dura madre. Torino: Einaudi, 2001.
  • Giorgio Todde. Paura e carne. Milano: Frassinelli, 2003.
  • Giorgio Todde. L’occhiata letale. Milano: Frassinelli, 2004.

Barbara Pezzotti is a Monash University lecturer and the author of the book The Importance of Place in Contemporary Italian Crime Fiction: A Bloody Journey, published by Fairleigh Dickinson University Press in 2012.


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