A journey through Italian crime fiction: Sicily (part two)

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We keep exploring Sicilian crime fiction with two authors: Andrea Camilleri, who wrote the world famous Inspector Montalbano series, and Santo Piazzese.


Our guide in this "Italian journey", Dr Barbara Pezzotti, takes us to Sicily, to talk about two authors.

Reading list about Sicily (part two)

  • Andrea Camilleri. Il cane di terracotta. Palermo: Sellerio, 1996.
  • Andrea Camilleri. La gita a Tindari. Palermo: Sellerio, 2000.
  • Andrea Camilleri. Il campo del vasaio. Palermo: Sellerio, 2008.
  • Santo Piazzese. I delitti di via Medina-Sidonia. Palermo: Sellerio, 1996.
  • Santo Piazzese. La doppia vita di M. Laurent. Palermo: Sellerio, 1998.
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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