Letter to Lorenzo - Amanda Prantera

Amanda Prantera is one more name in the long list of authors of the English tongue who go to Italy, fall in love with the country and use it as the background for their literary production. ´A Note on the Author´ informs us laconically, ´Amanda Prantera was born and brought up in East Anglia. She went to Italy for a brief holiday when she was twenty and has lived there ever since.´ At least we can trust her that she knows what she´s writing about! The story is told by Juliet, a young English woman, who met an Italian student, Lorenzo, at uni in Cambridge, married him and followed ...  Read the complete review

"British or American, lived or still live in Italy and wrote or still write thrillers set in Italy[...] One could see them as a kind of 'school', only that they don't work together, maybe not even know each other." - Frau Malu, 2001 Such were the words uttered by our very own resident dooyoo scholar - and never were words truer. Disclaimer: Michael Dibdin remains the undisputed king of the category (for those of you who haven't read Malu's op on Donna Leon - go read it!); but there are a few others worthy of note. It's just a matter of separating the wheat from the chaff, as someone might say. A trusted friend recently ...  Read the complete review