by Carlo Fruttero, Franco Lucentini · Mondadori · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788804273752
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«Il palio delle contrade morte» is the mystery and suspense novel by Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini (Mondadori, paperback, 168 pages, in Italian).
A storm diverts lawyer Maggioni and his wife Valeria towards an ancient villa in the Sienese hills, populated by unsettling characters. The death of a jockey, a guest of the house, three days before the Palio, draws them into a dark plot where ghosts and tradition mingle with detective mystery.
Volume 35 of Mondadori's Oscar bestsellers collection. The work was originally published in 1983; this edition is from 1985.
For readers of detective fiction and fantasy who want an intense Italian setting, with the Palio di Siena as backdrop.
Carlo Fruttero was an Italian writer, journalist, translator and editor of anthologies.
