The Goodbye Kiss
<p>"The best living Italian crime writer."-<i>Il Manifesto</i></p> <p>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.</p> <p><b>Massimo Carlotto</b>, master of the Mediterranean noir-hard-boiled crime novels that call enticing but violent cities like Marseilles, Naples, and Algiers home-and ex-con himself, has gained a reputation as one of the genre's most talented writers. Carlotto's first book, <i>The Fugitive</i>, deals with his time on the run in Latin America. He is author of many novels, including five titles in the extremely popular Alligator series.</p>