by Tonino Benacquista · GALLIMARD · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070764600
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«Malavita» is the novel by Tonino Benacquista, published by Gallimard in paperback (320 pages, in French).
An American family settles in Normandy as part of a witness protection program: the father claims to be a writer, the mother volunteers for charity work, and their children try to adapt. Their mafia past, however, soon catches up with them and turns their new life into a mix of comic and dangerous situations.
First installment of the «Malavita» series, originally published in 2004. The novel was nominated for the CWA International Dagger in 2010.
For those seeking crime fiction with humor who prefer to read it in French.
Tonino Benacquista is a French crime fiction author, comics writer, and screenwriter. He wrote the novel Malavita, which was later adapted into a film by Relativity Media and EuropaCorp titled The Family, released on 13 September 2013 in North America. The novel Malavita was republished as The Family for a movie tie-in by Penguin Random House in 2013.
