Cara Massimina
Book description
The first Duckworth novel is "Better than Silence of the Lambs . . . Macabre fun orchestrated with immaculate precision. It's a killer" (Los Angeles Times)
Morris Duckworth teaches English to the pampered rich of Verona, and Morris is not pleased. Living a meager existence in a squalid apartment, he…
Why read it?
1 author picked Cara Massimina as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I loved this book, a thriller from a writer normally at the literary end of the spectrum (the writing is great) in which the hero is the murderer. A bored Englishman working as a teacher in Italy looks to solve his money problems by marrying a student from a well to do family.
The situation spirals out of control as theft, blackmail, and murder spin from his obsessions. It is a great story, and I loved the fact that it never lost credibility for a moment and that I questioned the way I regarded such an essentially unsympathetic character as…
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