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Involuntary Witness is the first novel in Carofiglio's series featuring attorney Guido Guerrieri. Currently there are four books. Gianrico Carofiglio is an Italian anti-Mafia prosecutor who made a name since the s by arresting some of southern Italy's wanted bosses and breaking up a number of syndicates. His novels are set in his native city of Bari where he still lives.
It is a worthy debut, but Caroliglio would benefit from adopting Camilleri's style a bit, employing less of his central character's private life and focusing more closely on the situation at hand. I found myself sk Having caught up on the Montalbano series, I searched for another Italian based procedural series and discovered Carofiglio, an anti-Mafia prosecutor from Bari.
I found myself skimming through the tribulations of Guido's love life to get to the meat of the trial and the mystery surrounding the death of a young boy, the crime for which his Senegalese client is charged. That his client is innocent is evident from the start, his reasons for incarceration disturbing and sad.
I was surprised to discover the breadth of racial blindness and prejudice present in Italy plus the workings of their court system. Because those parts of the book were so compelling, I'll continue with the series, hoping that Guido's personal life takes more of a back seat to the legal proceedings.
Guido Guerrieri is an attorney in Bari, Italy, who is dumped by his wife and going through depression when he gets involved defending a Sengalese peddler, accused of murdering a young boy. The gravity of the charges help pull Avvocato Guerriri out of his problems and his belief in his client and attention to detail help him battle enormous odds against him in court. A new female neighbor, with her own ghosts, also helps him recover his mojo.
Carofiglio's novels are the basis for a successful TV Guido Guerrieri is an attorney in Bari, Italy, who is dumped by his wife and going through depression when he gets involved defending a Sengalese peddler, accused of murdering a young boy.
Carofiglio's novels are the basis for a successful TV series in Italy. Will definitely read more. I am not a fan of legal procedurals, and this novel features no investigation as in most murder mysteries. A non-Italian who pedals counterfeit merchandise is accused of the murder of a boy, all based on hearsay and misinterpreted evidence.
The defense rests mainly on creating doubt in the minds of the jurors. The novel was slow to start, giving far more of the lawyer's back story than I enjoyed. I thought about abandoning it about halfway through, but decided to proceed. The book improved, but I am not a fan of legal procedurals, and this novel features no investigation as in most murder mysteries. The book improved, but not enough I'd consider reading a second installment. A satisfying police procedural set in Italy.
Guido Guerrieri is a lawyer defending a Senegalese peddlar charged with the murder of a boy. Guerrieri is at sixes and sevens and at a point in his life where he seems aimless. He appears to be in his 30's and much of the book is taken up with his state of mind. View 2 comments. Really a fine Book, when i remember it, make me smile much. This is an understated legal thriller set in Bari, Italy, and written by an Italian prosecutor. The overall feeling is realistic, with very little violence and verbal fireworks - Carofiglio's characters behave more like real people than dramatic figures.
Guido Guerrieri is a fairly typical lead for a literary thriller - a criminal defense attorney by trade, he goes about life in a low key way, and struggles to understand both himself and others. At the beginning of the book, his wife leaves him, for reasons that are not clear to him or to the reader, but his neglect of her may have played a role.
He struggles a bit at first, but soon begins dating again. Like most mystery protagonists, he is a solitary figure - wry and a little cynical, but not overly so. He also gets embroiled in a murder case, defending a marginal figure in Italian society, an impoverished African immigrant, a seller of trinkets on the beach, who is being accused of murdering a boy. The case against the frightened immigrant is extremely weak, but because of his social status, he is being prosecuted and some type of conviction is the most likely outcome.
Carofiglio clearly has a point to make about racism in Italy here. One of my favorite aspects of the book is the author's secondary characters, and he gives us memorable descriptions of a few of them. There is the bored, cynical prosecutor Cervellati, described in a memorable page-long rant is "a man in a singlet. All in all, Involuntary Witness is a solid, realistic legal thriller, with elements of both traditional mysteries and contemporary fiction.
Sep 03, C. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. At first I thought the translation was oddly stilted, but in fact that seems to be the novel's tone: in some ways strangely formal. But as I grew accustomed to it, I found it had its own charm. I liked the way the story shone a light on the racism so rife in Italy. And like the Inspector Montalbano tv series I haven't yet read the books , it has a distinctly Italian reverence for food and drink, even amidst the chaos of a big trial.
As for the plot, I kept waiting for the big 'reveal' or twist that would expose the truth, and exonerate the client, and while I was disappointed during reading that this never comes, it is, I suppose, more realistic and in some ways refreshing to depict the workaday, miracle-free reality of criminal defence work.
I think if I read another in this series I will have my expectations recalibrated, and won't therefore be disappointed when more plot and detail fail to emerge. I'm not yet sure whether I'll read another - probably I will try one more. This book was written in Italian and translated to English by Patrick Creagh. It is a legal thriller and more.
Guido Guerrieri is a trial lawyer and much of his work is criminal. As the book starts, he is in a funk that only gets worse when his wife asks for a separation. Guerrieri slips into depression and struggles to get out of it. As he begins to feel better, he is visited by a young black woman who asks him to take the case of her boyfriend Adbou, a Senegalese, who has been charged with mur This book was written in Italian and translated to English by Patrick Creagh.
As he begins to feel better, he is visited by a young black woman who asks him to take the case of her boyfriend Adbou, a Senegalese, who has been charged with murdering a 9-year old boy.
Guerrieri agrees. This book is more about Guerrieri than it is about the crime, although the trial has some nice Perry Mason moments except no big reveal.
The author does a great job showing us Guerrieri's character as he interacts with people and struggles with his depression and learning who self-centered he has been. The story takes place in Bari, Italy, which is near the foot of Italy, where Primitivo is the red wine to drink. There is a anti-immigrant thread that is realistically demonstrated.
Don't expect a lot of action on the crime side - there isn't any. But the courtroom action is very good and I liked the introspection and growth of Guerrieri.
Gianrico Carofiglio was formerly an anti-Mafia prosecutor in the southern Italian port city of Bari, before being elected to the Italian Senate and serving as a special adviser to the Italian Government on the Mafia and organised crime. He is therefore well qualified to write about the intricacies, absurdities, and eccentricities of the Italian legal system.
What is perhaps more surprising is his ability to craft a convincing crime novel with a light, deft touch absent the tedious legalese with Gianrico Carofiglio was formerly an anti-Mafia prosecutor in the southern Italian port city of Bari, before being elected to the Italian Senate and serving as a special adviser to the Italian Government on the Mafia and organised crime.
What is perhaps more surprising is his ability to craft a convincing crime novel with a light, deft touch absent the tedious legalese with which he is no doubt all too familiar, and replete with a wry humour that ranges from the self-mocking to the absurd to the genuinely moving.
By turns funny, compelling, and insightful, "Voluntary Witness" is a brilliant debut novel by possibly the best exponent of Italian crime writing since the famed Leonardo Sciascia. I read this book in Italian and, as Italian is not my first language, it took me some time and a great deal of patience.
Carofiglio author books are great books for those people where Italian is not their first language. The wiring is relatively easy to read though there are some words that increase your vocabulary, particularly during court hearings.
The protagonist is a fairly obnoxious Bari lawyer who is struggling to come to terms with his broken relationship. He is hired to defend a Senga I read this book in Italian and, as Italian is not my first language, it took me some time and a great deal of patience.
He is hired to defend a Sengalese beach vendor who has been accused of murdering a 9 year old boy. The book tends to spend some time on the lawyer's past histories, failed relationships and mental agonies which became a little tiresome. The court case itself was interesting and I found I could make good progress through the pages during these episodes, otherwise it was a bit slow going for me.
I will definitely be reading another book by Guido Guerrieri and hopefully I will be able to read it somewhat more quickly. I decided on a 4 star as opposed to 3. There are things I like about the book and things I don t like. I think the dilemma is that of any translation. It s impossible to know how much of the writing reflects what is in the original language and what is license by the translator.
There is a lot about relationships in the novel most of which just seem odd to me. The circumstances leading to the imprisonment and trial of a non-caucasian suspect are poignant. The resolution of the trial seems reasona I decided on a 4 star as opposed to 3. The resolution of the trial seems reasonable. However the arguments seemed ponderous to me.
Perhaps this is fault of the translation. I liked much of the self-deprecating humor and observations on life but not all. I am not sure if I will read more by this author. Too bad I can t read Italian and find out for myself the measure of the book. On the legal side he defends a Senegalese peddler accused of killing a child.
A bit less than four stars because the case against the peddler is incredibly weak - the only way to explain why charges were brought would have been to have a fuller discussion of Italian racism and also to actually solve the crime. On the other hand, the emotional side - including the handling of panic attacks, depression and alcoholism - is done well.
Above all this is intelligent writing! Only someone with Carofiglio's background in the law could have melded the aspects of this story into such a well-written book. The protagonist's humanity comes through as he works to defend a client who is almost assured of conviction for a crime he claims he did not commit.
Simultaneously, the lawyer endures a personal crisis of his own making. The book is thought-provoking and worthy of the reader's time.
Capably translated from the Italian. Fans of Grisham and Turow will enjoy reading this a Only someone with Carofiglio's background in the law could have melded the aspects of this story into such a well-written book. Fans of Grisham and Turow will enjoy reading this author's books. I read this after reading book 6. It has all the elements I loved in that book and is worth reading, but apparently the author improves with practice, because book 6 is better.
It is fascinating to read the differences between Italian court procedures and Amerixan, e. I would Versailles expect that to affect the jury's perception of him.
Another wonderful book by this thoughtful, interesting writer. I love when he refers to authors I admire, like Grace Paley. Who expects her to turn up in Italian fiction about a lawyer solving a crime? I'd love to have a meal, or even better, a drink with him at one of the bars he frequents - in literature anyway.
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