{"product_id":"darkness-for-the-bastards-of-pizzofalcone-9781609453374","title":"Darkness for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone","description":"\u003cp\u003eSecond in the contemporary Italian crime fiction series featuring Inspector Lojacono by the bestselling author of the Commissario Ricciardi novels.  A kidnapped child and the burglary of a high-class apartment: Two crimes that seem to have no connection at all until Inspector Lojacono  known as The Chinaman  starts to investigate. Darkness for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone is the second book in a series set in contemporary Naples that draws inspiration from Ed McBains 87th Precinct novels and features a large cast of complicated cops doing battle with ruthless criminals. De Giovanni is one of the most dexterous and successful writers of crime fiction currently working in Europe. His award-winning and bestselling novels  all set in Naples  offer a brilliant vision of the criminal underworld and the police that battle it in Europes most fabled  atmospheric  dangerous  and lustful city.  Imagine Fellini and Chandler collaborating on a Neapolitan remake of Our Town  and that begins to give you an idea of what youre in for with Darkness for the Bastards of Pizzofalcone. . . While de Giovanni never wavers from a world where terrible people do terrible things  motivated by selfishness  greed  and loathing (for themselves  for others  for both)  he illuminates the soft underbelly of fear and loss without being manipulative.Los Angeles Review of Books  The police characters are flawed  lovable  and believableyou cannot but take to them . . . Naples comes through loud and clear in the story.Tripfiction\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44893578526773,"sku":"ByrdShop_1609453379","price":32.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781609453374.jpg?v=1784693138","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/darkness-for-the-bastards-of-pizzofalcone-9781609453374","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}