The Monster of Florence

作者 Douglas Preston著Mario Spezi著
出版社 Virgin Books
出版时间 2009年6月
ISBN 9780753517048
定价 127.40

内容简介

TheMonsterofFlorence,whichwasshortlistedfortheprestigiousCWAGoldDaggerAwardforNonFictionin2010,isatrueaccountofbrutalserialmurderinidyllicFlorence.AftersettlinginItalyin2000,DouglasPrestondiscoveredthattheolivegroveinfrontofhisfamily'snewhomehadbeenthesceneofoneofthemostinfamousdouble-murdersinItalianhistory,committedbyaserialkillerwhohadneverbeenfoundandwasknownonlyastheMonsterofFlorence.Preston,intrigued,metItalianjournalistMarioSpezi,whohadfollowedthecasesincethefirstmurdersin1974,tolearnmore.Thisisthetruestoryoftheirsearchfor-andidentificationof-themantheybelievecommittedthecrimes,andtheirchillinginterviewwithhim.It'salsothestoryofhowPrestonandSpezithemselvesbecameembroiledinthecase.LikeoneofPreston'sbestsellingthrillers,TheMonsterofFlorencetellsagrippingandharrowingstoryofmurder,mutilation,suspicionandruinedlives-andatthecentreofit,twobravewriterstryingtouncoverthetruthatallcosts.Thislatesteditionnowincludesanexplosivenewafterwordabouttherecentandmuch-publicisedmurderofaBritishstudent,MeredithKercher,anditsconnectiontothemonstercase.

作者简介

DouglasPrestonisarenownedauthorofbothfictionandnon-fiction,includingTheCodex,RelicandTheBookoftheDead(co-writtenwithLincolnChild),whichtoppedtheNewYorkTimesbestsellerlistforsixweeks.HehaswrittenarticlesforTheNewYorker,Reader'sDigest,NationalGeographic,Harper's,SmithsonianandAtlantic.HealsoworkedfortheAmericanMuseumofNaturalHistoryasmanagingeditorofCuratormagazine.MarioSpeziisanItalianjournalistwritingforLaNazione,whohasbeeninvestigatingtheMonsterofFlorencecasesincethefirstmurdersin1974.

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