The night of Rome / Carlo Bonini & Giancarlo De Cataldo ; translated from the Italian by Antony Shugaar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bonini, Carlo, 1967- author.

De Cataldo, Giancarlo, 1956- author.

Contributor:

Shugaar, Antony, translator.

Series:

World noir

Language:

English

Italian

Subjects (All):

Gangsters--Italy--Rome--Fiction.

Gangsters.

Politics and government.

Italy--Politics and government--21st century--Fiction.

Italy.

Rome (Italy)--Fiction.

Rome (Italy).

Italy--Rome.

Genre:

Fiction.

Thrillers (Fiction)

Political fiction.

Physical Description:

314 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Europa Editions US, 2019.

Summary:

Things are changing in Rome. The new Pope, determined to bring radical reform to the Vatican, proclaims an extraordinary Jubilee year, one "of Mercy." A new center-left government replaces its disgraced predecessor. And with crime lynchpin Samurai in jail, his protégé Sebastiano Laurenti attempts to establish himself as the designated successor. But he must reckon not only with a new generation of enterprising gangsters and racketeers--out to carve for themselves a slice of the profits and opportunities offered by the major public works planned for the Jubilee--but also with ambitious newly elected politician, Chiara Visone. Betrayals, ambushes and infighting will inevitably alter the fragile political balance in the Eternal City. As the sharks circle, some tenuous hope endures in the unlikely alliance of an incorruptible politician of the old left and a young bishop who refuses to play the Vatican's power games. But it remains to be seen whether, in the long night of Rome, there is room for redemption. -- adapted from back cover.

Things are changing in Rome. The new Pope, determined to bring radical reform to the Vatican, proclaims an extraordinary Jubilee year, one "of Mercy." A new center-left government replaces its disgraced predecessor. And with crime lynchpin Samurai in jail, his prot�eg�e Sebastiano Laurenti attempts to establish himself as the designated successor. But he must reckon not only with a new generation of enterprising gangsters and racketeers--out to carve for themselves a slice of the profits and opportunities offered by the major public works planned for the Jubilee--but also with ambitious newly elected politician, Chiara Visone. Betrayals, ambushes and infighting will inevitably alter the fragile political balance in the Eternal City. As the sharks circle, some tenuous hope endures in the unlikely alliance of an incorruptible politician of the old left and a young bishop who refuses to play the Vatican's power games. But it remains to be seen whether, in the long night of Rome, there is room for redemption. -- adapted from back cover.

ISBN:

9781609455361

1609455363

OCLC:

1060196007

Publisher Number:

99983170094