Books by Giorgio Scerbanenco and Complete Book Reviews
Giorgio Scerbanenco, trans. from the Italian by Howard Curtis. Hersilia (Dufour, dist.), $14.95 trade paper (256p) ISBN 978-0-9563796-4-1
A lost Italian noir classic from 1966 finally makes its way into English translation. Born of a Russian father and Italian mother, Scerbanenco—once called the "human typewriter"—was said to be more prolific than Simenon, although much of his output...
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Giorgio Scerbanenco, trans. from the Italian by Howard Curtis. Hersilia (Dufour, dist.), $14.95 trade paper (232p) ISBN 978-0-9574806-0-5
First published in 1966, this excellent crime novel from Scerbanenco (A Private Venus) opens with an arresting phrase: “It isn’t easy to kill two people simultaneously.” In the first chapter, an unnamed American woman sends a car with her victims...
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