The Master Of Knots
By (Author) Massimo Carlotto
Translated by Christopher Woodall
Europa Editions
Europa Editions
1st February 2014
United States
General
Fiction
853.92
Paperback
144
Width 135mm, Height 210mm
244g
A woman has gone missing. Her husband, too ashamed to admit to police that he and his wife were part of a ring of S&M sexual adventurers, turns instead to the Alligator, entering a depraved demi-world where ferocious deviants prey upon lonely victims. Encountering such violence and desperation triggers memories of his own time in prison. And while the unwritten rule of ex-cons is that you must never talk about your experiences behind bars, the Alligator and his two old associates, Max Memory and Beniamino Rossini, are forced to confront demons they thought long buried.
"Massimo Carlotto has a history as riveting as any novel."--Chicago Tribune
"Carlotto is the reigning king of Mediterranean noir."--The Boston Phoenix
"The best living Italian crime writer."-- Il Manifesto
Massimo Carlotto was born in Padua, Italy. In addition to the many titles in his extremely popular Alligator series, he is also the author of The Fugitive, Deaths Dark Abyss, Poisonville, Bandit Love, and At the End of a Dull Day. One of Italys most popular authors and a major exponent of the Mediterranean Noir novel, Carlotto has been compared with many of the most important American hardboiled crime writers.