Involuntary Witness (Guido Guerrieri)
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| Rating | : | 4.65 (521 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B004GUSBOC |
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| Number of Pages | : | 580 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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(Nov.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Guerrieri becomes convinced that his new client is the victim of racism and is being used as a scapegoat. The result is a powerful indictment of the Italian justice system. . All rights reserved. From Publishers Weekly A bestseller and winner of multiple awards in Italy, Carofiglio's debut should please fans of American-style courtroom thrillers. A Senegalese peddler, Abdou Thiam, is arrested for killing a nine-year-old boy, whose body was found at the bottom of a well near a coastal resort in southern Italy. Defying conventional wisdom and putting his own career on the line as well as Thiam's fate, Guerrieri takes the case to trial. Even though the police have only circumstantial evidence against Thiam, he's advised to take a plea ba
Carofiglio, born in 1961, is an anti-mafia judge in Southern Italy. He is responsible for important trials concerning organized crime, corruption and the traffic in human beings. Involuntary Witness was his first novel, now followed by two more bestsellers. A critically acclaimed translator, known for his translations of Italo Calvino, Claudio Magris and Marcello Fois.
A Senegalese peddler is accused in a hopeless case soaked in small town racism. A boy is found murdered in a well near a beach resort. The Italian judicial process revealed and an affectionate portrait of a deeply humane hero.
"Four Stars" according to Jonathan P. Ratner. love reading Italian mysteries and this is good. "Unusual murder mystery" according to M. Owens. Rather more information on the procedures of Italian justice than I wanted, but a great narrator, and the emotional content of his relationships - to his (ex)wife, his new lover, and to the accused - were well developed. The book has a satisfying although not unexpected ending.It's clear you don't want to be Sengalese and a transient vendor in Italy when a child disappears, but it's a story that could probably happen anywhere. An interesting book. Had it been an American/Brit. Amazon Customer said A very good book. The author is a working criminal lawyer (an investigating magistrate, sort of like a cross between a DA and a judge, if I understand correctly).In any event, it's clear that he knows of what he speaks in this marvellous Italian trial procedural. Carofiglio has an acid wit, and the book is very amusing.I found the character development and the romance less interesting, as it was not captured as well as the criminal case. But that's not why one reads this sort of book, anyway.