Rome Noir

Rome Noir looks beyond the tourist facade of Italy's capital. This is the real city of Fellini, Pasolini, and countless other major artists who devoted their lives to depicting its grandeur and decadence.

Brand-new stories from: Antonio Scurati, C.D. Formetta, Diego De Silva, Enrico Franceschini, Boosta, Francesca Mazzucato, Marcello Fois, Gianrico Carofiglio, Carlo Lucarelli, Maxim Jakubowski, Evelina Santangelo, Nicola LaGioia, Tommaso Pincio, Antonio Pascale, Nicoletta Vallorani, Giuseppe Genna, and others.

Chiara Stangalino is an organizer of the Courmayeur Noir In Festival. She lives in Turin, Italy.

Maxim Jakubowski is a British editor and writer. He reviews crime fiction for the Guardian and runs London's Crime Scene Festival.


Author: Chiara Stangalino
Publisher: Akashic Books
Published: 02/01/2009
Pages: 300
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.20w x 0.90d
ISBN13: 9781933354644
ISBN10: 193335464X
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | Collections & Anthologies
- Fiction | Mystery & Detective | International Crime & Mystery
- Fiction | Anthologies (multiple authors)

About the Author
Chiara Stangalino worked for many years for one of Italy's leading publishing houses. She is now a freelance festival organiser, responsible amongst other things for the Courmayeur Noir in Festival literary events and Festarch, the Sardinian architecture festival. She has also directed a documentary film about American crime writer Joe R. Lansdale. She lives in Turin, Italy. Maxim Jakubowski is a British editor and writer. Following a long career in book publishing, during which time he was responsible for several major crime imprints, he opened London's specialist mystery bookshop Murder One. He reviews crime-fiction for The Guardian, runs London's Crime Scene Festival, and is a regular at Italian crime events.