by Gesualdo Bufalino
It is just a surprise. I did not know the author before but during one of my recurrent book shopping tours I took it. Reading this Italian author (lately I read all of a sudden Italians) it reminded me in its technique – of writing about the book you currently read – to Italo Calvino. It is a crime thriller about a publisher how died apparently accidentally but left sealed testimonials with his “friends” in which he blames one after another to have killed him. The morbid side in this that he describes pretty well how his murder could have happened. And coming back to Italo Calvino: in this book a manuscript plays a role which edited version is the book you read. Is this enough to confuse you? It is a nice one day read which nevertheless, demands your spirit.
Facts:
English title: n/a
Original title: Qui pro quo
Published: 1991
