3.0
The Dark Valley
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Valerio Varesi has been the Parma correspondent for La Stampa and La Repubblica. River of Shadows was the first of a series of thrillers featuring Commissario Soneri, now the central figure of one of Italy's most popular television dramas. It was followed in English translation by The Dark Valley, Gold Frankincense and Dust and A Woman Much Missed.
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“I'm sure there's a lot of great things in this book and how things, people and places are described. But it was utterly boring and my eyes couldn't stay focused for long. Nothing happened in the nearly 60 pages I've managed to read through besides a hunch that the villagers know more than they let on... Which has been repeated over and over again until it was no longer intriguing but rather dull and annoying. I've skipped through to the end, but even knowing what the mystery was and how and why it was done gives me no satisfaction and I simply don't care about any part of it.
Not sure if in Italian it's a vastly different book with a different feeling or if the issues are only from the translation but overall, at least in English for me, I sadly couldn't get on with it.”
“The second of the four Commissarrio Soneri novels currently translated into English.
I must say I really enjoyed this one, it was a fun and easy going read, seemed to flow better than the first, probably because there was less Angela. I sort of worked out the the whodunnit by the middle of the book, but it was nice to have everything wrapped up and the closure at the end.
I am looking forward to reading the next one which seems very interesting. I would like to re-read the first as well to see if I was a bit harsh with giving it 3/5.”
About Valerio Varesi
Valerio Varesi has been the Parma correspondent for La Stampa and La Repubblica. River of Shadows was the first of a series of thrillers featuring Commissario Soneri, now the central figure of one of Italy's most popular television dramas. It was followed in English translation by The Dark Valley, Gold Frankincense and Dust and A Woman Much Missed.
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Joseph Farrell
Joseph Farrell is Emeritus Professor at the University of Strathclyde. His books include a cultural history of Sicily and biographies of Dario Fo and Leonardo Sciascia. He is also a renowned translator from the Italian, whose translations include works by Leonardo Sciascia, Vincenzo Consolo, Dario Fo and Valerio Varesi. He lives in Glasgow.
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