Death's Dark Abyss

Description

A riveting drama of guilt, revenge and justice telling the story of two men and the savage crime that binds them. During a robbery, Raffaello Beggiato takes a young woman and her child hostage and later murders them. Beggiato is arrested, tried and sentenced to life. The victim's father and husband plunge into an ever-deepening abyss until the day, years later, when the murderer seeks pardon - and the wounded Silvano turns predator, ruthlessly plotting his revenge.

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, Death's Dark Abyss, Poisonville, Bandit Love, and At the End of a Dull Day. One of Italy's 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. Lawrence Venuti has received numerous translation fellowships from both the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He is a professor of English at Temple University, author of The Translator's Invisibility and The Scandals of Translation, and editor of The Translation Studies Reader.

Praise for Death's Dark Abyss "[A] remarkable study of corruption and redemption in a world where revenge is best served ice-cold." --Kirkus Reviews "[A] subtle and disturbing tale of the effects of violence on its survivors...[P]lausible and heartbreaking." --Publisher's Weekly Praise for Massimo Carlotto "Massimo Carlotto has a history as riveting as any novel." --Chicago Tribune "Carlotto is the reigning king of Mediterranean noir." --The Boston Phoenix "In hardboiled fiction, there is this hardcore Italian guy I suggest: Massimo Carlotto. Tough as fuck." --Guillermo del Toro, Director "The best living Italian crime writer." --Il Manifesto "Carlotto [...] provides a machine-gun pace, a jaundiced eye for political corruption and a refreshing absence of anything approaching a moral vision." --Kirkus Reviews, on At the End of a Dull Day