Gianrico Carofiglio
Gianrico Carofiglio was born in Bari and has worked for many years as a prosecutor specialized in organized crime. He was appointed as advisor of the anti-Mafia committee in the Italian Parliament in 2007 and served as a senator from 2008 to 2013.
He makes his début in fiction in 2002 with Testimone inconsapevole (Involuntary Witness, Premio del Giovedì “Marisa Rusconi”, Premio Rhegium Iulii, Premio Città di Cuneo, Premio Città di Chiavari), the book that introduces the beloved character of the defense lawyer Guido Guerrieri, who is also the protagonist of the novels Ad occhi chiusi (A Walk in the Dark, 2003, Premio Lido di Camaiore, Premio delle Biblioteche di Roma and “Best International Noir of the year 2007” in Germany, elected by a jury of booksellers and journalists), Ragionevoli dubbi (Reasonable Doubts, 2006, Premio Fregene and Premio Viadana 2007, Premio Tropea 2008), Le perfezioni provvisorie (Temporary Perfections, 2010, Premio Selezione Campiello), La regola dell'equilibro (A Fine Line, 2014), La misura del tempo (The Measure of Time, 2019, Premio Strega 2020 finalist) and Horizon of the Night (2024).
Officer of the Carabinieri Pietro Fenoglio is the protagonist of another series of novels: Una mutevole verità (A Shifting Truth, 2014, Premio Scerbanenco), L’estate fredda (The Cold Summer, 2016), La versione di Fenoglio (Fenoglio’s Version, 2019).
Among Carofiglio’s other fiction and nonfiction works: the novels Il passato è una terra straniera (The Past is a Foreign Land, 2004, Premio Bancarella 2005), which became in 2008 an internationally acclaimed film, directed by Daniele Vicari and starring Michele Riondino and Elio Germano (Knight Grand Jury Prize and Best Actor at the Miami Film Festival), Né qui né altrove. Una notte a Bari (Neither Here Nor Elsewhere. A Night in Bari, 2008), Il silenzio dell’onda (The Silence of the Wave, 2011, shortlisted at Premio Strega 2012, Bronze Winner in the Foreword Book of the Year Awards for Mystery 2013), Il bordo vertiginoso delle cose (The Vertiginous Edge of Things, 2013), Le tre del mattino (Three O'Clock in the Morning, 2017), La disciplina di Penelope (Penelope's Discipline, 2021), Rancore (Resentment, 2022); the graphic novel Cacciatori nelle tenebre (Hunters in Darkness, 2007, Premio Martoglio) and La casa nel bosco (The House in the Woods, 2014, Premio Riviera delle Palme), both written with his brother Francesco; the dialogue Il paradosso del poliziotto (The Policeman’s Paradox, 2009); the short stories collection Non esiste saggezza (There is No Wisdom, 2010, Premio Chiara, 2020) and Passeggeri notturni (Night Passengers, 2016); the essays L’arte del dubbio (The Art of Doubt, 2007), La manomissione delle parole (Manumitting Words, 2010), which has been adapted into a stage play performed by the author himself, Con parole precise. Breviario di scrittura civile (With Exact Words, 2015), the interview with Jacopo Rosatelli Con i piedi nel fango (Feet in the Mud, 2018), Della gentilezza e del coraggio. Breviario di politica e altre cose (On Kindness and Courage, 2020), La nuova manomissione delle parole (2021) and L'ora del caffè (2022, with Giorgia Carofiglio).
The seven Guerrieri novels, the Fenoglio series, Il passato è una terra straniera, Né qui né altrove, Non esiste saggezza, La manomissione delle parole, Il bordo vertiginoso delle cose, La casa nel bosco, Passeggeri notturni, Le tre del mattino, Con i piedi nel fango, Della gentilezza e del coraggio, Il silenzio dell'onda e Con parole precise and L'orizzonte della notte are also audiobooks read by the author. In 2020 was released L'avvocato Guerrieri, Gianrico Carofiglio's first audio-series. He has a podcast with his daughter Giorgia, called Coffee for Two. Gianrico Carofiglio’s books have sold six million copies and have been translated or are going to be translated all over the world. His last novel is L'orizzonte della notte (2024), the most recent from the series with Guido Guerrieri as protagonist. In praise of ignorance and error (2024) is his last non fictional work.
Guido Guerrieri novels
- L'orizzonte della notte (Horizon of the night)
- La misura del tempo (The Measure of Time)
- La regola dell’equilibrio (A Fine Line)
- Le perfezioni provvisorie (Temporary Perfections)
- Ragionevoli dubbi (Reasonable Doubts)
- Ad occhi chiusi (A Walk in the Dark)
- Testimone inconsapevole (Involuntary Witness)
Pietro Fenoglio novels
- La versione di Fenoglio (Fenoglio’s Version)
- L’estate fredda (The Cold Summer)
- Una mutevole verità (A Shifting Truth)
Penelope Spada novels
Novels
- Le tre del mattino (Three O’Clock in the Morning)
- La casa nel bosco (The House in the Woods)
- Il bordo vertiginoso delle cose (The Vertiginous Edge of Things)
- Il silenzio dell’onda (The Silence of the Wave)
- Il passato è una terra straniera (The Past is a Foreign Land)
Short stories collections
Essays
- Elogio dell'ignoranza e dell'errore (In Praise of Ignorance and Error)
- L’ora del caffè (Coffee Time)
- La nuova manomissione delle parole (Manumitting Words – New Edition)
- Della gentilezza e del coraggio (Of Kindness and Courage)
- Con i piedi nel fango (Feet in the Mud)
- Con parole precise (With exact words)
- La manomissione delle parole (Manumitting Words)
- L’arte del dubbio (The Art of Doubt)
Le tre del mattino - Press review (US) - 21.04.2024
Le tre del mattino - Press review (France) - 20.03.2024
L'orizzonte della notte - Press review - 05.03.2024
Rancore - Press review (Germany) - 20.12.2023
Rancore - Press review - 07.02.2023
La nuova manomissione delle parole - Press review - 02.12.2021
La disciplina di Penelope - Press review - 25.06.2021
Della gentilezza e del coraggio - Press review - 27.10.2020
Non esiste saggezza - Press review - 11.09.2020
La misura del tempo - Press review - 07.07.2020
Le tre del mattino - Press review (Germany) - 02.04.2020
Con i piedi nel fango - Press review - 24.09.2019
La versione di Fenoglio - Press review - 16.07.2019
Le tre del mattino - Press review - 16.07.2019
Le tre del mattino - Bestselling list - 13.11.2017
L'estate fredda - Rassegna stampa - 20.12.2016
L'estate fredda - Rassegna stampa - 20.12.2016
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