Italian Crime Fiction in the Era of the Anti-Mafia Movement

By: Farina, William

Over the last three decades, Italian crime fiction has demonstrated a trend toward a much higher level of realism and complexity. The origins of the New Italian Epic, as it has been coined by some of its proponents, can be found in the widespread backlash against the Mafia-sponsored murders of Sicilian magistrates which culminated with the assassinations of Judges Giovanni Falcone and Paolo Borsellino in 1992. Though beginning in the Italian language,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476677352
• ISBN13: 9781476677354
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher