- Missing persons, Italians, Police, Fiction
The most exciting achievement to date from the acclaimed author of Sleepers and Gangster, Paradise City is a riveting thriller of two cops and two countries, a stunning crime novel about the roots of revenge, honor, and evil.As a fifteen-year-old, Giancarlo Lo Manto learned about injustice the hard way.
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Classical in form, earnest, contemporary and relentless.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- Lorenzo Carcaterra
- First published
- 2004
- Pages
- 384
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books, Pocket, Fawcett
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780345480446
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“GIANCARLO LO MANTO had his back against a ragged stone wall, a nine-millimeter gun in his hands, one bullet slipped into the chamber.”
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