![]() ![]() One of the best that exists in English translation is Leonardo Sciascia’s 1961 The Day of the Owl. So even if organized crime has been in existence since the 18th century, books about it only began to emerge in the mid 20th century. But more on this a little later…Ĭrime fiction got a relatively late start in Italy as Mussolini thought it reflected badly on the country. Suburra, the book, which was published in 2013 in Italy, is just out in English, translated by Anthony Shugaar. ![]() It will also become a Netflix series launching this October. One year later, the brutal crime thriller, Suburra, based on the book of the same name by Carlo Bonini and Romanzo Criminale author Giancarlo De Cataldo, was released. Audiences’ appetites were most definitely whetted. Then, in 2014, the masterful and terrifyingly dark TV series, Gomorrah aired in over 130 countries, running on the SundanceTV channel in the US. ![]() Three years later, the grim and chilling film, Gomorrah, based on Roberto Saviano’s book about the Neapolitan Camorra was released. First, in 2005 the powerful and award-winning film Romanzo Criminale, adapted from Giancarlo De Cataldo’s same-titled book put the spotlight on a real-life criminal organization located in Rome. Books, of course, have been the catalyst for nearly all of these recent adaptations. Italy has become stiff competition for Mexico these days in matters of film, and TV series about organized crime. ![]()
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