A comedy of manners: short stories set around USA
Born to Lose: Tales of Gigi
Location(s): Turin (Torino)
Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
Era(s): 1970s
Some people make crime pay, Gigi barely makes enough to cover the rent.
Through a series of vignettes, flash fiction and short stories, Born to Lose: Tales of Gigi charts the adventures of Gianluigi ‘Gigi’ Moretti, a talented criminal with little charm and even less luck, as he strives to make his fortune, or even enough to pay his rent, in Turin during the 1970s.
Layered with historical intrigue, illegal action and cultural mores, this collection combines crime with a hint of comedy and will delight and thrill in equal measure.
This short story collection is perfect for fans of the humour employed by Andrea Camilleri in his Montalbano series, the crime mysteries of Philip Gwynne Jones and the cynicism of Massimo Carlotto. Not to mention, fans of 1970s eurocrime and polizioteschi films and of course, Cat O’Nine Tails by Dario Argento.
What people are saying about Born to Lose: Tales of Gigi:
“A glorious return to the golden years of the giallo and the poliziesco as we follow the oddly lovable Gigi the Loser through the landscape of 1970s Turin. Highly recommended!”
Philip Gwynne Jones
Author of the Venice based Nathan Sutherland series.
“Bold, clever and at times, funny. I found myself utterly transported. For me, brilliant writing is the ability to make you keep turning the pages and Turner achieves just that wit this collection of stories.”
Awais Khan
Award-winning author, TED speaker and founder of The Writing Institute
Born to Lose: Tales of Gigi is a short story collection of eleven comedy-crime tales set in Italy. All of the stories take place in Torino during the turbulent Years of Lead.
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