Blogs in January 1970

When We Were Strangers 1st January 1970

Irma Vitale is a young woman in Abruzzo, her Mother dead, her father an alcoholic and she takes the opportunity to sail for America. This is the story of emigration to a new land and what awaits her and...

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August Heat 1st January 1970

The setting, as usual, is the picturesque, non-metropolitan region of Vigata in Sicily. And it’s hot –stiflingly hot. In August Heat, we are never allowed to forget the all-enveloping sultriness (the inspector — possessor of miniature fan, the only...

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Under the Volcano 1st January 1970

During the tumultuous events that shook Italy in the year 1860 – the point at which the nation was unified – there was a murderous riot in the Sicilian town of Bronte on the slopes of Mount Etna. Thereafter,...

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Voice of the Violin 1st January 1970

The fourth novel in Andrea Camilleri’s savagely funny, brilliantly compelling Sicilian crime series featuring Inspector Montalbano

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End Games 1st January 1970

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