The Root of All Evil
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- Paperback
688 pages
- Release Date
8 June 2015
Summary
Tripoli, 1960s. During the years in which post-colonial Libya fell prey to the sprawling greed of the West, Michele Balistreri suffered a succession of blows that would scar him for life. The death of his mother; the unspeakable horror that befell his best friend’s family; his father’s role in Gaddafi’s ascent to power; and the innocent blood pact that would corrupt the course of his future.
Rome, 1982. In the wake of a ruinous blunder, a ground-down …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857389367 |
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| ISBN-10: | 085738936X |
| Author: | Roberto Costantini, N.S. Thompson |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | riverrun |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 688 |
| Release Date: | 8 June 2015 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 131mm x 44mm |
| Series: | Commissario Balistreri Trilogy |
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‘A state-of-the-nation piece … it bristles with the same effortless authority’ Barry Forshaw, Good Book Guide .
A nonstop thriller - Jeffery Deaver
Utterly compelling - Peter MayAbout The Author
Roberto Costantini
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.
N.S. Thompson was born in Manchester, educated at Oxford and lived a number of years in Italy as Curator of ‘Casa Guidi’, the Brownings’ home in Florence. His prose translations include Leonardo Sciascia, Sicilian Uncles (Granta).
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