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The Goodbye Kiss

by Massimo Carlotto · 2001

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"The best living Italian crime writer."-Il Manifesto

An unscrupulous womanizer, as devoid of morals now as he once was full of idealistic fervor, returns to Italy, where he is wanted for a series of crimes. To earn himself the guise of respectability, he is willing to go as far as murder.

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noirnoirMore like thisLess of thiscrimecrimeMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thisthrillerthrillerMore like thisLess of thisdetectivedetectiveMore like thisLess of this
Setting
2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisItalyItalyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
short · 145 pages

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