A Long FinishAfter his adventures under sun drenched Neapolitan skies in Cosi Fan Tutti, Aurelio Zen finds himself back in Rome, sneezing in a damp wine cellar and being given another unorthodox assignment: to release the jailed scion of an important wine growing family who is accused of a brutal murder. Zen travels north to an Italy as outwardly serene as Naples was manic. Amid the quiet fields, autumnal skies and crumbling farmhouses of Piedmont, Zen must try to

with the arrival of a new and ruthless editor

child spies and the black markets of the prole neighbourhoods

About the Author

A Brief History of Seven Killings chronicles the lives of a host of unforgettable characters slum kids

In a maximum security jail in Nevada

A truly beautiful and hypnotic first novel

or sacrifice them all for the truth about his wife

The first in a trilogy

and ideals

A class of people who look down at Darrow and his fellows as slave labour

The country is consumed by bloodshed

It will take all the young witch's skill and cunning