- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: Orion (7 Jan 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752857355
- ISBN-13: 978-0752857350
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.6 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 583,029 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'What makes this book particularly interesting is the interaction between the three men, whose conversations reflect the author's own experiences and beliefs as a Left-wing activist who spent time in prison in Italy before being pardoned.' (Susanna Yager SUNDAY TELEGRAPH )
'Fans of edgy, fast-paced detective thrillers will find themselves happily tied up in Carlotto's strange and dangerous world.' (IRELAND ON SUNDAY )
'This is as dark and troubling a thriller as you could ask for, and reveals a side of modern Italy tourists can count themselves lucky they don't see.' (Myles McWeeney IRISH INDEPENDENT )
'Fans of edgy, fast-paced detective thrillers will find themselves happily tied up in Carlotto's strange and dangerous world.' (IRELAND ON SUNDAY )
'This is as dark and troubling a thriller as you could ask for, and reveals a side of modern Italy tourists can count themselves lucky they don't see.' (Myles McWeeney IRISH INDEPENDENT )
Susanna Yager, SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
'What makes this book particularly interesting is the interaction between the three men, whose conversations reflect the author's own experiences and beliefs as a Left-wing activist who spent time in prison in Italy before being pardoned.'
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Leftwing Diatribe and Troubling Crimes,
By Feanor (London, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Master of Knots (Alligator) (Paperback)
Massimo Carlotto went on the run when falsely implicated in a crime in his native Italy, but he returned eventually to serve out his term. The miscarriage of justice that he faced colours his perception of the ruling classes in his country, and his The Master of Knots is filled with revulsion for the entire legal and investigative establishment. Carlotto is a left-wing activist, which informs the novel considerably: the juxtaposition of a crime procedural with Communist politics might appear a bit contrived, but the main characters in this novel manage to straddle both worlds with equal facility. At any rate, this is an exploration of yet another underbelly: the extreme S&M scene, very disturbingly graphic at times. Women willing to be dominated are a rare and prized commmodity in those circles, so it is somewhat puzzling to find that one of them has been murdered; shortly thereafter, her husband and another woman he dominated also go missing. Carlotto describes the extreme precautions members of the S&M tribe take to avoid trouble with the law and suspicion with their 'normal' families; he goes into considerable detail about 'snuff' porn; he throws in an anti-globalisation demonstration in which the police viciously club protesters to pulp; amidst all this, the three protagonists stalk their prey in the shadowy underground. An uneven read, and often troubling.
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4.0 out of 5 stars (1 customer review) 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Masterful Knot Master,
By CEB - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Master of Knots (Hardcover)
Set in Italy, Master of Knots has as its main character, Marco, aka Alligator, a private investigator and bar owner. Working with him are two close friends: Beniamino Rossini, a past gangster, and Max the Memory. All three men have spent time in prison, Marco for something he didn't do, and a fair amount of the book describes the horrors of life in an Italian prison in detail.
A friend has sent a client, Mariano Giraldi, to Marco for help. Giraldi's wife, Helena, has been kidnapped, and in the room from which she was abducted, a rose, made from intricate knots in a silken rope, has been left. Further investigation uncovers the fact that the Giraldis were into sadomasochism, and soon other women, also involved in S&M, begin to disappear. A sadistic psychopath nicknamed Master of Knots is at work, and Marco and friends must try to discover his identity and stop him before he can kidnap again. The Master of Knots is dark, with graphic scenes and gutter language. My one complaint about the book is that everything was tied up in great haste at the end. |
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