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"A perfect blend of a fast-paced chase film with biting satire; pot-shots taken at politicians, the secret service, the police, the idle and less idle rich, and various other urban low-lifers. Let war begin." La Repubblica "A brilliant thriller, ironic and hard hitting, full of astonishing plot twists. Inspired by the hardcore writing of Elmore Leonard and Donald E. Westlake but Rigosi takes things a step further with a gift for drawing truly relevant and unforgettable characters." Il Manifesto"
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Leila is young, beautiful and a hustler. She robs hapless men picked up in the trendy nightclubs of Bologna. Easy money, until she ends up with a document at the centre of a carefully crafted plot of political blackmail. In an atmosphere of intense underworld paranoia she is pursued simultaneously by two secret service operatives, a goon hired by the blackmailer and the police. They are after the document and a suitcase full of dollars meant to be the pay-off. Chased through the streets of Bologna she comes across Francesco, a bus driver and gambling addict who spends most of his time running from the Bear, a terrifying debt collector for the mob. Suitcases and blackmail notes change hands at a frenetic pace against a background of murder and other violence beyond the fringe. A savagely funny crime adventure with an Italian twist.
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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Superb book,
By Star35 "star35" (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Night Bus (Paperback)
This really is a very good book, in the Elmore Leonard or George Pelecanos vein - although less dialogue-based than Leonard and a better ending than Pelecanos usually comes up with! Very punchy, well observed, exciting plot and also very darkly funny in places. Nicely translated from the Italian, this book deserves much more publicity than it will get.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
a good italian read,
By Fickleama (London. UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Night Bus (Paperback)
Set in Bologna, Italy, this is a fast paced story. The adventure begins from the first page, which was fantastic for me, as I can get bored by legthy introductions. The book begins jumping between a few different characters, following them in their journey until the unravelling begins and they are all somehow brought together/linked; through their actions. Dark and decriptive, including frequent violence. Not for the faint hearted!
A good read. Picked up on a whim, whilst passing thru waterstones, as fancied something a bit different. Throughly enjoyed : )
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Black Italian,
By Feanor (London, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Night Bus (Paperback)
Giampiero Rigosi's Night Bus is about two rootless characters and seedy Bologna. Leila is thirty-ish, pretty, a hunter of men's wallets (she picks up her marks, drugs them and absconds with their money). Francesco is a bus-driver with a gambling addiction. There is a politician who is being blackmailed and who has arranged for payment to be made in return for the incriminating document. There are secret service agents, no better than thugs, who are after the blackmailers so that they can make case against the politician. Another agent, slightly better than a thug, works for the politician, and wants to ensure a smooth transfer with the blackmailers. Leila unknowingly gets her hand on the documents after seducing one of the blackmailers. Meanwhile Francesco is being chased by a giant of a man to repay his gambling debts. The disparate story-lines, written in staccato fashion, serve very well to maintain tension, and do converge in a collection of set-pieces that are both hair-raising and funny. Rigosi has a considerable affection for Quentin Tarantino, I guess, evident both in the action-film-script-like prose and in surreal touches of humour (e.g., the secret service thugs take a break from violence to make pasta). Good stuff.
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