The Deliverance of Evil
By (Author) Roberto Costantini
Translated by N.S. Thompson
Quercus Publishing
riverrun
1st March 2014
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Fiction in translation
853.92
Paperback
640
Width 128mm, Height 196mm, Spine 44mm
440g
THE EXPLOSIVE FIRST NOVEL IN THE BESTSELLING COMMISSARIO BALISTRERI CRIME TRILOGY.
'Utterly compelling' Peter May'Drives readers relentlessly from first page to last' Jeffery DeaverOn 11 July 1982, Elisa Sordi was beautiful. Commissario Michele Balistreri was fearless. Italy was victorious. A killer was waiting... On 9 July 2006, with Sordi's case twenty-four years cold, and Balistreri haunted by guilt and regret, Italian victory returned. And so did Sordi's killer... But this time Michele Balistreri would be ready. This time he would fear no evil.'[A] passionate portrayal of a corrupt and criminal Italy, from seedy traffickers to the Vatican' The Times. * The Times *
'One of those rare novels that brings together the best elements of literature ... and a nonstop thriller that drives readers relentlessly from first page to last' Jeffery Deaver. * Jeffery Deaver *
'Utterly compelling' Peter May. * Peter May *
Roberto Costantini was born in Tripoli in 1952. Formerly an engineer and business consultant, he is now a manager of the LUISS Guido Carli University in Rome, where he also teaches on the MBA program.