{"title":"Franco Lucentini","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarlo Fruttero\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1926–2012) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eFranco Lucentini\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1920–2002) were decades-long literary collaborators. Together they edited anthologies of American literature and science fiction; contributed columns to Italian magazines and newspapers such as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLa Stampa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eL’Espresso\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e; published everything from a political satire of Muammar Gaddafi to a nonfiction handbook about choosing baby names; and most famously, wrote several crime and detective novels, of which \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Woman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was the first.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-sunday-woman","title":"The Sunday Woman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCarlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini were a pair of legendary Italian writers widely celebrated as pioneers of modern crime fiction. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Woman\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003ewas the first detective novel they collaborated on together, and also the first to feature Inspector Francesco Santamaria, a suave Sicilian transplanted to Turin, whose no-nonsense attitude and shrewd observation of northern mores make him one of the most beloved characters of the genre.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA thoroughly unpalatable character is found murdered with a weapon so unspeakable that the police will not reveal what it is to the press. By an extraordinary web of circumstance, suspicion falls on a closeted scion of Turin’s high society and his friend, the wife of a rich capitalist, much to the embarrassment of the local police. The suspects, however, are ecstatic to find themselves at the heart all this intrigue, which is far more exciting than the petty squabbles and rude gossip that otherwise occupies their time. They are eager to assist, and with leads few and far between, Inspector Santamaria can do nothing but follow them into their gilded world, where of course nothing, and no one, is as they seem…\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA vibrant social satire that uses the police procedural to skewer the callousness and complacency of the bourgeoisie, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Woman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e paints a comic and expansive portrait of Turin society, from the high to the low to the dubious.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York Review Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":55100937633960,"sku":"9798896230731","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0726\/9203\/files\/fruttero-newcolors.jpg?v=1771448712"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.nyrb.com\/collections\/franco-lucentini.oembed","provider":"New York Review Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}