Giorgio Scerbanenco, I milanesi ammazzano il sabato

Cosetta Seno (University of Colorado at Boulder)

Ed. by Jo Ann Cavallo, Columbia University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.6.1: Italian Writing and Culture, 453-present.
Vol. editors: Carla Bregman (Independent Scholar - North America), Jo Ann Cavallo (Columbia University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1969

Places

Italy (Country of Origin; Publication/ performance)

Genres and Modes

Novel

Resources

I milanesi ammazzano al sabato [Milanese Kill on Saturdays], published in 1969, was the last novel of Scerbanenco’s crime series that sees Duca Lamberti as a protagonist. Published initially by Garzanti, the series includes three other novels also set in Milan: Venere privata [A Private Venus, 1966], Traditori di tutti [Traitors to All, 1966], and I ragazzi del massacro iThe Boys of the Massacre, 1968]. Traditori di tutti earned him the French Grand Prix de la littérature policière (Supreme Award for crime fiction) in 1968. With this series, the Ukrainian-born author finally achieved the success he had been longing for since his debut, although his …

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Citation: Seno, Cosetta. "I milanesi ammazzano il sabato". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 29 December 2020 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=39307, accessed 19 April 2024.]

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